High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population interms of reduced subjective well-being … thesensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in thepublic sector than in the private …. This paper studies the importance of individualeconomic security, in particular job security, in workers’ well-being by …

One of the central topics in recent empirical work on subjective well-being is that of comparisons to a reference group … paper, we summarize some recent findings with respect to geographical comparisons of income, unemployment, health and …, subjective well-being data may well help to both identify spillovers from neighbours, and inform about individualsÕ location …

, even the probability of returning from unemployment to employment can increase. Gender-specific differences are discussed. …

rich survey data from 2007 to 2009 of entrants into unemployment in Germany (the IZA Evaluation Dataset S) to calculate …

By using longitudinal data the relation between satisfaction with life and unemployment is analyzed in this study. Data … the effects of voluntary and involuntary unemployment on life satisfaction. (2) Moreover, the intent is to answer the …

The social costs of unemployment, in terms of unemployment's impact on European citizens' life satisfaction, relate … strongly to unemployment duration. At any level of general joblessness, reducing long-term unemployment is more important than …

This study examines whether the distribution of aggregate unemployment by duration affects individual well-being. Two … distribution of aggregate unemployment by duration on individual well-being. We find significant evidence in favor of both the … people could affect the well-being of the employed and unemployed: The severity hypothesis and the flow hypothesis. Using …

analyses are mostly based on large-scale survey data to measure subjective well-being. Whereas one large strand of research …

Subjective well-being is primarily treated as an outcome variable in the economic literature. However, is happiness … also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …

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 …