We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants … benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants …. We examine the implications of this kind of stigma for the design of welfare programs. …

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 …

norms that causes an increase in identity utility for the formerly unemployed. This is supportive of the idea that, by … including identity in the utility function, results from the empirical life satisfaction literature can be reconciled with the …

We incorporate the concept of social identity into a stylized model of occupational choice and analyze whether an … individual’s identity affects his or her decision to become an entrepreneur. We argue that an entrepreneurial identity results …

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. …

finding as evidence for the effect of culture on trade. …