Table 2 Variables and definitions. (Source: Own compilation)
Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
Self employment (lags and leads) | |
Self-employed | Dummy |
Self-employed T −4 | Dummy; will become self-employed in 4–5 years, employee till then |
Self-employed T −3 | Dummy; will become self-employed in 3–4 years, employee till then |
Self-employed T −2 | Dummy; will become self-employed in 2–3 years, employee till then |
Self-employed T −1 | Dummy; will become self-employed in 1–2 years, employee till then |
Self-employed T | Dummy; became self-employed during the last year |
Self-employed T + 1 | Dummy; became self-employed 1–2 years ago, since then self-employed |
Self-employed T + 2 | Dummy; became self-employed 2–3 years ago, since then self-employed |
Self-employed T + 3 | Dummy; became self-employed 3–4 years ago, since then self-employed |
Self-employed T + 4+ | Dummy; became self-employed more than 4 ago, since then self-employed |
Job change (lags and leads) | |
Job change T −4 | Dummy; will change job in 4–5 years, in the same job till then |
Job change T −3 | Dummy; will change job in 3–4 years, in the same job till then |
Job change T −2 | Dummy; will change job in 2–3 years, in the same job till then |
Job change T −1 | Dummy; will change job in 1–2 years, in the same job till then |
Job change T | Dummy; changed job during the last year |
Job change T + 1 | Dummy; changed job 1–2 years ago, since then in same job |
Job change T + 2 | Dummy; changed job 2–3 years ago, since then in same job |
Job change T + 3 | Dummy; changed job 3–4 years ago, since then in same job |
Job change T + 4 | Dummy; changed job 4–5 years ago, since then in same job |
Job | |
Job satisfaction | (Dependent variable) 11-point scale: 0 = totally unhappy, 10 = totally happy |
ln(personal income) | ln(monthly net income (earned), €) |
Experience full-time | Years of labour market experience as full-time worker |
Experience part-time | Years of labour market experience as part-time worker |
Experience unemployment | Years of labour market experience as unemployed |
Activity is job | Activity is job |
Working hours | Working hours per week |
Working hours2 | Working hours per week2/100 |
Work less | Would prefer to work X hours less, when taking into account that income would change accordingly(not available for 1996, observations from 1996 are excluded from regression estimations) |
Work more | Would prefer to work X hours more, when taking into account that income would change accordingly (not available for 1996, observations from 1996 are excluded from regression estimations) |
Part-time | Dummy; part time worker with 5–29 h of work per week |
Liberal profession | Dummy |
Occupation | 25 dummies for occupations based on ISCO88 classification: Military; Legislators and senior officials; Corporate managers; Managers of small enterprises; Physical, mathematical, and engineering science professionals; Life science and health professionals; Teaching professionals; Other professionals; Physical and engineering science associate professionals; Life science and health associate professionals; Teaching associate professionals; Other associate professionals; Customer services clerks; Personal and protective services workers; Models, salespersons, and demonstrators; Skilled agricultural and fishery workers; Extraction and building trades workers; Metal, machinery, and related trades workers; Precision, handicraft, craft printing and related trades workers; Other craft and related trades workers; Stationary plant and related operators; Machine operators and assemblers; Drivers and mobile plant operators; Sales and services elementary occupations; Agricultural, fishery, and related labourers; Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing, and transport (reference: office clerks) |
Industry | 17 industry dummies based on NACE classification: farming, forestry, fishing; mining etc.; manufacturing; energy and water supply; construction; trading; hotel and restaurant industry; traffic and transport; insurance; real estate; services for enterprises; public sector; education; health and social; private households; religion, culture and sports; other services (reference: research and databases) |
Personal | |
Age2 | = Age in years2/100 |
Hobbies (h/weekday) | Average hours spent for hobbies on a weekday |
Marital status | 5 dummies for married and living separated, single, divorced, widowed, and partner abroad (reference: married and living together) |
Partnership | Dummy living in a partnership |
Household | |
Household size | 5 dummies for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 or more person households (reference: single households) |
Children | 3 dummies for 1, 2, 3 or more children up to the age of 16 in household (reference: no children) |
Mortgage | Interest and mortgage payment per month in €/1000 |
Rent | Monthly rent excluding heating costs in €/1000 |
Owner | Owner of house or flat |
ln(residual income) | ln((household net income—personal income)€/1000) |
Region | |
East Germany | Dummy variable |
German federal states | 15 dummies for German federal states: Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein; Hamburg; Bremen; North Rhine-Westphalia; Hessen; Rhineland-Palatinate; Saarland; Baden-Wuerttemberg; Bavaria; Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; Brandenburg; Saxony-Anhalt; Thuringia; Saxony (reference: Lower Saxony) |
Year | Wave dummies for 1989–2005; (reference: 1988) |