Becoming (Un)Employed and Life Satisfaction : Asymmetric Effects and Potential Omitted Variable Bias in Empirical Happiness Studies

Becoming unemployed has negative effects on life satisfaction; a transition from unemployment to employment, however, has stronger positive effects in absolute terms. The asymmetry of the non-pecuniary effect indicates a potential “omitted variable bias” in previous empirical happiness studies

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Maennig, Wolfgang
Other Persons:	Wilhelm, Markus (contributor)
Publisher:	[2017]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Zufriedenheit \| Satisfaction \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Deutschland \| Germany

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (15 p)
Series:	Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions ; No. 41, 2011
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 2011 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2975382 [DOI]
Classification:	I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; J01 - Labor Economics: General ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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