person's life are affected by unemployment. We find evidence that unemployment is preceded, on average, by a year of … satisfaction-path before and after unemployment whether one assumes unemployment to affect life satisfaction directly or indirectly … sums required to compensate individuals for each year that they spend in unemployment. …

,000 children into adulthood, we show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental health and life satisfaction is almost four … times larger for workers who had been bullied a lot in their early life. We also find zero adaptation to unemployment for … potential implications for economists and policy makers are discussed. -- resilience ; adaptation ; happiness ; unemployment …