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Happiness, work, and identity
Hetschko, Clemens; Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2021
This chapter introduces identity utility to the study of (un)employment and (un)happiness. The concept is described in … alleviating the misery of the unemployed. Finally, research on work, happiness and identity is reconciled with a more standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432441
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Happiness, Work, and Identity
Hetschko, Clemens; Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2021
This chapter introduces identity utility to the study of (un)employment and (un)happiness. The concept is described in … alleviating the misery of the unemployed. Finally, research on work, happiness and identity is reconciled with a more standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430595
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Time use, unemployment, and well-being : an empirical analysis using British time-use data
Hoang, Thi Truong An; Knabe, Andreas - 2019
We use nationally representative data from the UK Time-Use Survey 2014/2015 to investigate how a person's employment status is related to time use and cognitive and affective dimensions of subjective well-being. We find that unemployed persons report substantially lower levels of life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992330
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Is a sorrow shared a sorrow doubled? : parental unemployment and the life satisfaction of adolescent children
Borah, Melanie; Knabe, Andreas; Lücke, Christine - 2023
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 children's life satisfaction. When controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014431287
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Social contacts, unemployment, and experienced well-being : evidence from tim-use data
Thi Truong An Hoang; Knabe, Andreas - 2022
We use the UK Time-Use Survey 2014/15 to analyze how differences in the frequency and intensity of social contacts contribute to the gap in experienced well-being between employed and unemployed persons. We observe that people generally enjoy being with others more than being alone. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380473
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Income, happiness, and the disutility of labor
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - 2009
-monotonic form. Our results suggest that the impact of working hours on happiness is rather small and exhibits an inverse U-shape. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299165
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Dissatisfied with life, but having a good day: time-use and well-being of the unemployed
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Schöb, Ronnie; … - 2009
We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day, and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299166
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Time use, unemployment, and well-being: an empirical analysis using British time-use data
Hoang, Thi Truong An; Knabe, Andreas - 2019
We use nationally representative data from the UK Time-Use Survey 2014/2015 to investigate how a person’s employment status is related to time use and cognitive and affective dimensions of subjective well-being. We find that unemployed persons report substantially lower levels of life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018272
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Scarring or scaring?: the psychological impact of past unemployment and future unemployment risk
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - 2008
We reassess the scarring" hypothesis by Clark et al. (2001), which states that unemployment experienced in the past reduces a person's current life satisfaction even after the person has become reemployed. Our results suggest that the scar from past unemployment operates via worsened...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264482
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Dissatisfied with life, but having a good day: time-use and well-being of the unemployed
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Schöb, Ronnie; … - 2009
We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day, and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264602