This study is the first to provide a causal estimate of the subjective well-being effects of spousal unemployment at … job termination induced by workplace closure, we show that spousal unemployment reduces the life satisfaction of … driven by an income effect, but likely reflect the psychological costs of unemployment. Our findings are robust to a battery …

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …

We analyse how unemployment affects individuals' social networks, leisure activities, and the related satisfaction … unemployment. …

women job displacement decreases net affect, mostly by decreasing happiness and increasing pain, sadness, and stress, but …

The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which an individual's use of unemployment insurance (UI) as a …