In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of … decreasing levels of well-being and social integration of the participants. Instead, this decrease is driven by a rising share of …

High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private …. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular job security, in workers' well-being by …

High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private …. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular, job security, in workers' well-being by …

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 …

correlation of unemployment and subjective life satisfaction. It is found that unemployed individuals do not only report … significantly lower concurrent satisfaction, but also recall reduced satisfaction from past unemployment well, and retrospectively … upgrade their past satisfaction scores. Therefore, the short-term negative effects of unemployment on individual life …

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 …In dieser Arbeit wird die Beziehung zwischen Lebenszufriedenheit und Arbeitslosigkeit im Längsschnitt untersucht. Die …

, even the probability of returning from unemployment to employment can increase. Gender-specific differences are discussed. … man von einer Arbeitslosigkeit zurück in die Vollerwerbstätigkeit gelangt. Diskrepanzen zwischen den Geschlechtern werden …

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 …

High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private …. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular, job security, in workers' well-being by …

This paper investigates the relationship between the subjective well-being of both the employed and unemployed and … regional unemployment rates. While employed men suffer from regional unemployment, unemployed men are significantly less … negatively affected. This is consistent with a social-norm effect of unemployment in Germany. We find no evidence of such an …