This chapter summarizes the latest state of the art in economic research on unemployment and subjective well …. Topics covered include the estimation of non-pecuniary costs of unemployment, unemployment over time, the role of others …' unemployment, spill-over effects, and re-employment, among others. …

This paper estimates the effect of an individual's unemployment on the level of social participation of their spouse …. Using German panel data, it is shown that unemployment has a strong negative effect on public social activities of both …

This article examines heterogeneity in the effect of unemployment on social participation. Whereas existing studies on …) based on entropy balancing and focus on unemployment due to plant closures. Using German panel data, we show that the effect … of unemployment varies across the distribution of public social activities. It is large and negative for individuals in …

This article examines the impact of unemployment on social participation for Germany using the German Socio …-Economic Panel. We find significant negative, robust and, for some activities, lasting effects of unemployment on social … participation. Causality is established by focussing on plant closures as exogenous entries into unemployment. Social norms, labor …

unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross …

the unemployment spell. This is confirmed by complementary analysis with individual survey data suggesting that online job … search leads to additional formal job interviews after a few months in unemployment. …

This article examines the impact of unemployment on social participation for Germany using the German Socio …-Economic Panel. We find significant negative, robust and, for some activities, lasting effects of unemployment on social … participation. Causality is established by focussing on plant closures as exogenous entries into unemployment. Social norms, labor …

reform on wages and unemployment. The simulation results show that general equilibrium wage reactions tend to mitigate labour …