creates non-pecuniary, psychological costs. We quantify these non-pecuniary losses by using the life satisfaction approach. In … pure pecuniary costs of unemployment for men (women).This confirms the high value of work for life satisfaction. …

a lack of a structure in daily life. Unlike life satisfaction, unemployment leaves affective well-being mostly … importance of the social norms to work and be self-reliant for the life satisfaction of the unemployed, as well as by studies … showing the positive life satisfaction effect of retirement on unemployed workers. Based on this strong evidence for identity …

persons report substantially lower levels of life satisfaction than employed persons. When looking at specific types of …

evidence that EPL has significant indirect (cross-)effects on life satisfaction via the mediators. There are no indications for …