cognitive, but not on affective well-being, which we interpret as a loss in identity utility. Living in a partnership … strengthens the loss in identity utility of men, but weakens that of women. Unemployment of a person’s partner reduces the … identity loss of unemployed men, but raises it for women. These results suggest that the unemployed’s feeling of identity is …

This paper employs social identity and self-categorization theories as a useful heuristic framework through which to …’s identity rather than reducing the instantaneous utility derived from day-to-day experiences. …