| Study | Luttmer (2005): study US 1987 |
| Title | Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being. |
| Source | Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 963-1002 |
| URL | http://www.nber.org/~luttmer/relative.pdf |
| Public | 19+ aged couples, United States, followed 6 years, 1987-1994 |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 8944 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | R-squared |
| Page in Source | Table 1 |
| Our classification | Socio-demographic + environmental factors |
| Operationalization | a: ln local earnings b: ln household income c: ln value of home d: renter e: ln usual working hours f: employment status g: gender h: age i: race j: years of education k: ln household size l: religion |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b | RČ=.037 | a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b | Selfreport on single question: Next are some questions about how you see yourself and your life. Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? 1 very unhappy 2 3 4 5 6 7 very happy |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| RČ | COEFFICIENT of DETERMINATION Type: test statistic Measurement level: Correlates: all metric, Happiness: metric Range: [0; 1] Meaning: RČ = 0 « no influence of any correlate in this study has been established. RČ = 1 « the correlates determine the happiness completely. |