Investigating the Patterns and Determinants of Life Satisfaction in Germany Following Reunification

By P. Frijters, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Michael A. Shields. The Journal of human resources, 2004

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An analysis of the determinants of job satisfaction when individuals’ baseline satisfaction levels may differ (2007, methodology): “See Frijters et al. (2004). where ( ~ FEML) is the coefficients vector obtained from the maximum likelihood estimation of the unrestricted fixed-effects ordered logit and L( ~ FEML) the value of the corresponding (log) likelihood; k denotes the number of restricted parameters; Lð ~ REMLÞ is the…”
Exploring the economic and social determinants of psychological well‐being and perceived social support in England (2005, methodology): “…leads to an improvement in self-reported measures of well-being whereas the experience of divorce or separation has a significant adverse effect (Clark and Oswald, 1994; Clark et al., 2001; Gerlach and Stephan, 1996; Frijters et al., 2004a; Theodossiou, 1998; Winkelmann and Winkelmann, 1998).”
The Relationship Between Homeownership and Life Satisfaction in Germany (2014, methodology): “As an alternative to the OLS fixed effects regression model Frijters et al. (2004) proposed an ordinal fixed effects logit model.”
How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities (2016, unknown): “Thus, poor health lowers life satisfaction (Frijters et al., 2004).”
Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself? (2007, unknown): “After the reunion, average life satisfaction decreased in East Germany (Frijters et al., 2003).”
Life satisfaction and economic conditions in East and West Germany pre- and post-unification (2008, methodology): “One exception is an econometric analysis by Frijters et al. (2004a) of life satisfaction in East Germany 1991-2001 that uses the same data source as the present study (cf. also Frijters et al., 2004b).”
Money Does Matter! Evidence from Increasing Real Income and Life Satisfaction in East Germany Following Reunification (2004, methodology): “Lacking these variables, we use the following fixed-effect ordered logit model developed in Ferrer-i- Carbonell and Frijters (2004) in order to correct for the presence of such unobservables: 5 * , * 1 [, itittiit ititkk GSxf GSkGS βδε λλ + =+++ =⇔∈〉 (1) where * it GS is latent life satisfaction;…”
Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism (2009, unknown): “Frijters and his collaborators find life satisfaction rising along with income in East Germany from 1991 to 2001 (Frijters et al. 2004ab) and also varying directly with ups and downs in income in Russia between 1995 and 2001 (Frijters et al. 2006). These results are, in their view, vindication of th”
Can the Large Swings in Russian Life Satisfaction be Explained by Ups and Downs in Real Incomes (2006, unknown): “It might well be the case that particularly dissatisfied people have a greater or lesser tendency to stay within a panel than others (Frijters et al., 2004a; Graham et al., 2004).”
Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-Time Work Puzzle (2008, background): “As shown, both for couples without children and with children, only a few variables have a significant effect.(18) In both cases family income and good health (both own and partner’s) have a positive statistically significant effect on happiness.”
Reported Subjective Well-Being: A Challenge for Economic Theory and Economic Policy (2003, background): “Models may come from areas as different as the micro-foundation of macroeconomics (e.g. on voluntary versus involuntary unemployment) 3 and addiction (rational addiction versus limited self-control) (for a discussion see Frey and Stutzer 2003).”
Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-being (2009, unknown): “…and Francesconi 2004; Blanchflower and Oswald 1998; Clark 1996; D’Addio et al. 2007; Heywood et al. 2002; Vieira et al. 2005; Wooden and Warren 2005) and life satisfaction (e.g., Bardasi and Francesconi 2004; Carroll 2007; Clark et al. 2001; Di Tella et al. 2003; Frijters et al. 2004, 2006).”
Discrete Choice Modeling (2007, methodology): “D’Addio et al. (2003), using methodology developed by Frijters et al. (2004) and Ferrer-iCarbonel et al. (2004) analyzed survey data on job satisfaction using the Danish component of the European Community Household Panel.”