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Table 8 What Explains Diff-Hap? OLS, Dependent variable: Diff Hap

From: The unhappily unemployed return to work faster

 

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DiffHap

DiffHap

DiffHap

ChgGHQ

Men

-0.140

-0.0334

-0.00648

0.0156

 

(0.207)

(0.214)

(0.217)

(0.0175)

Educ: Medium

0.00161

0.0704

0.0763

0.00403

 

(0.229)

(0.242)

(0.242)

(0.0234)

Educ: High

0.0721

0.137

0.161

0.0125

 

(0.235)

(0.256)

(0.257)

(0.0231)

Age

-0.0205

-0.0281

-0.0272

-0.00120

 

(0.0531)

(0.0594)

(0.0594)

(0.00504)

Age 2

9.74e-05

0.000256

0.000250

2.86e-05

 

(0.000656)

(0.000742)

(0.000741)

(5.99e-05)

Separated

-0.437

-0.339

-0.349

0.111***

 

(0.315)

(0.332)

(0.332)

(0.0317)

Never Married

-0.0768

0.0808

0.0787

0.0454

 

(0.278)

(0.308)

(0.307)

(0.0289)

Housing: buyer

 

-0.0733

-0.0537

-0.0107

  

(0.286)

(0.287)

(0.0248)

Housing: renter

 

-0.493*

-0.480

0.0151

  

(0.299)

(0.300)

(0.0289)

HHsize

 

-0.0832

-0.0964

-0.0223***

  

(0.0839)

(0.0843)

(0.00858)

Nb children

 

0.256

0.272

0.0286*

  

(0.180)

(0.179)

(0.0156)

Change Income

  

8.93e-05

2.68e-05***

   

(6.37e-05)

(5.60e-06)

Benefit Income

 

-1.14e-06

-7.48e-05

 
  

(0.000493)

(0.000495)

 

Total Income

 

-2.39e-05**

-2.22e-05*

 
  

(1.20e-05)

(1.20e-05)

 

Constant

-0.240

0.429

0.501

0.00275

 

(1.054)

(1.407)

(1.406)

(0.128)

Observations

1,634

1,616

1,616

128,334

R-squared

0.004

0.027

0.028

0.001

Individual Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Household Controls

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Income

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Region Dummies

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Standard errors in parentheses. ***p <0.01, **p <0.05, *p <0.1.
  2. ChgGHQ is the year-on-year change in GHQ for all the population, whereas DiffHap is for those entering unemployment only.