also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a … optimal level of happiness, which is not necessarily the highest. -- unemployment ; job search ; happiness ; reemployment …

on German linked survey and administrative data. To study the causal relationship between unemployment and multiple … effects of job loss are long-lasting, growing more profound the longer the duration of unemployment and persisting following …

regression discontinuity design based on this exogenous change in unemployment status for this particular group of workers, we …

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

Using eight waves of the European Social Survey, we analysed how the local unemployment rate influences the well … unemployment rate). We find that the satisfaction of unemployed people (relative to employed people) is lower when the unemployment … regarding the happiness scores. Our results do not support the “social norm of unemployment” hypothesis that states that the …

This paper examines possible spillover effects of parental unemployment on the subjective wellbeing of 12- to 21-year …-old children. Using German panel data (SOEP), we show that unemployment of fathers and mothers is negatively associated with their … unemployment has negative effects, while no effect of fathers' unemployment can be detected. In subgroup analyses, we do not find …

. Using highly detailed German county level data, we test whether the social norm effect of unemployment is age-dependent. The … wellbeing differential between the unemployed and the employed is found to increase with the local unemployment rate at the … beginning of the working life but to remain steady or even to decrease in older age. Individual unemployment, however, remains …

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 …