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

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 3 Coefficients on job displacement in the subjective well-being regressions: women

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	0.043 (0.028)	− 0.491*** (0.185)	− 0.113 (0.137)	− 0.247* (0.140)	0.257** (0.125)	0.284** (0.123)	0.191 (0.140)	0.031 (0.191)	0.033 (0.083)
Observations	3109	3109	3109	3109	3109	3109	3109	1846	3109
R-squared	0.060	0.086	0.118	0.092	0.075	0.060	0.087	0.070	0.137
Panel B baseline model plus dummies for marital status, employment status, and income
Displacement	0.056* (0.030)	− 0.525*** (0.192)	− 0.112 (0.145)	− 0.260* (0.147)	0.246** (0.124)	0.259** (0.125)	0.288** (0.141)	0.084 (0.198)	0.103 (0.077)
Observations	3109	3109	3109	3109	3109	3109	3109	1846	3109
R-squared	0.063	0.094	0.124	0.099	0.081	0.069	0.099	0.099	0.155

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