Job displacement and subjective well-being: findings from the American Time Use Survey Well-Being Modules

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 2 Coefficients on job displacement in the subjective well-being regressions: men

Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
Variables	U-index	Net affect	Meaningfulness	Happiness	Pain	Sadness	Stress	Cantril ladder	Self-rated health
Panel A baseline model
Displacement	0.025 (0.025)	− 0.059 (0.148)	−0.048 (0.128)	−0.045 (0.101)	0.096 (0.118)	0.013 (0.086)	− 0.066 (0.107)	− 0.476** (0.190)	−0.034 (0.072)
Observations	2942	2942	2942	2942	2942	2942	2942	1769	2942
R-squared	0.061	0.075	0.072	0.081	0.096	0.080	0.085	0.114	0.106
Panel B baseline model plus dummies for marital status, employment status, and income
Displacement	0.018 (0.026)	− 0.026 (0.152)	− 0.068 (0.120)	− 0.064 (0.107)	0.048 (0.114)	− 0.014 (0.092)	− 0.14 9 (0.111)	− 0.230 (0.179)	0.003 (0.071)
Observations	2942	2942	2942	2942	2942	2942	2942	1769	2942
R-squared	0.066	0.084	0.079	0.092	0.102	0.087	0.088	0.159	0.120

The estimates in columns 1 through 7 and 9 are OLS coefficients from the 2010, 2012, and 2013 ATUS WB Modules; the estimates in column 8 are OLS coefficients from the 2012 and 2013 ATUS WB Modules. All estimates use the WB Module final weight (WUFINLWGT). Standard errors in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. The following control variables are included in all columns in both Panels A and B: age and its square; three dummies for race/ethnicity; five education dummies; number of disabilities; an immigrant dummy; number of children; a metropolitan status dummy; two season dummies; year dummies; dummies for the DWS year; and state dummies. Columns 1 through 7 additionally contain a holiday dummy and six dummies for the days of the week. Panel B additionally includes two marital-status dummies; two employment-status dummies; and four dummies for family income during the last 12 months