| Study | Pfaff & Hirata (2013): study DE West Germany 1984 |
| Title | Testing the Easterlin Hypothesis with Panel Data: The Dynamic Relationship between Life Satisfaction and Economic Growth in Germany and in the UK. |
| Source | ZWb Econstor Conference Paper, Münster, Germany |
| URL | https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.421619.de/diw_sp0554.pdf |
| Public | 18+ aged general public, (West-)Germany, followed 24 years,1984-2010 |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 318346 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Regional GDP |
| Page in Source | 30 |
| Our classification | GDP in region |
| Operationalization | Regional GDP/capita in price level of 1995 (euro) |
| Observed distribution | Mean: 24941; SD: 5420 |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | b-fix=+.07 ns | CURRENT HAPPINESS by CURRENT regional GDP/captia |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | b-fix=+.13 ns | CURRENT happiness by PAST regional GDP/Capital (t-1) |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | b-fix=-.31 ns | CURRENT Happiness (T) by CHANGE in regional GDP/capita (T-2 to T-1) |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | b-fix=+.26 p < .10 | CURRENT Happiness (T) by CHANGE in regional GDP/capita (T-1 to T) b's controlled for: - Age squared - Marital status - Number of children in the household - Health satisfaction - Employment status - House ownership - Person requiring health in the household - Self-administerd-interview - Household income growth |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | Selfreport on single question: Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied." 10 totally satisfied 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 totally unsatisfied |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| b-fix | REGRESSION COEFICIENT in fixed effects analysis Type: test statistic WDH symbol: b-fix Primary correlate level: metric Secondary correlate level: nonmetric Happiness level: metric Theoretical range: unlimited Meaning: Variant of usual (non-standardized) regression coefficient (b), which controls for the secondary variables, by focusing on differences from a fixed level, such as the mean in a category. Aims to reduce the residual variance and to improve the precision of the regression coefficient. References: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_effects_model Non-technical text: http://www.jblumenstock.com/files/courses/econ174/FEModels.pdf |