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Correlational findings

Study Akay (2012): study DE 1985

Public
16-65 aged, taxpayers, Germany, 1985-2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 188412
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Working hours (log)
Our Classification
Error Estimates
SE= .012
Remarks
Question not reported
Operationalization
Selfreport on working hours (log)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.05 p < .01 b-iv, lagged tax and income tax only produce same results.

b and b-iv controlled for:
- log taxes
- log income
- age squared
- region east germany
- foreigner
- household size
- employment status
- gender
- marital status
- health