Russia for 1994-96, they find that some results widely reported in past studies of subjective well-being appear to be robust … effects are weak at a given current income. And the effect of unemployment is not robust. Returning to work does not restore a … sense of welfare unless there is an income gain. The results imply that even transient unemployment brings the feeling of a …

the high level and persistence of fear of unemployment in Russia may be caused by non-economic factors. …Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers’ fear of unemployment under … relevant re-employment in case of displacement. In order to get the best possible measurement of unemployment for those local …