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Subjective well-being and the duration of aggregate unemployment in Europe
Ochsen, Carsten - 2008
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 … remain unemployed for a longer time. At some point, however, both the employed and unemployed adapt to unemployment at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319272
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The social costs of unemployment : accounting for unemployment duration
Ochsen, Carsten; Welsch, Heinz - 2006
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 … reducing the number of people unemployed at any point in time. -- unemployment ; unemployment duration ; life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883982
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Subjective well-being and the duration of aggregate unemployment in Europe
Ochsen, Carsten - 2008
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 … remain unemployed for a longer time. At some point, however, both the employed and unemployed adapt to unemployment at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003886329
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Unhappiness and job finding
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - 2012
unhappy and the need for activation policies. -- happiness ; unemployment duration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530808
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Unhappiness and job finding
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - 2012
unhappy and the need for activation policies. -- Happiness ; unemployment duration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009541833
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
Gielen, Anne C. - 2016
It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at the same time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work more quickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there is indeed such a puzzle. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013008140
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Labour market flexibility and unemployment duration: evidence from the UK
Avram, Silvia - 2020
Using a combination of UKHLS and LFS data and a discrete time model, we test the hypothesis that unstable jobs with variable hours or pay enhance the job finding chances of the unemployed in the UK. We nd no evidence that the share of unstable jobs in the unemployed person's local labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297554
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
Gielen, Anne C.; van Ours, Jan C. - 2012
It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at the same time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work more quickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there is indeed such a puzzle. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173536
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
Gielen, Anne C. - 2012
It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at the same time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work more quickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there is indeed such a puzzle. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110860
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Internet job search and unemployment durations
Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Skuterud, Mikal - 2002
negatively selected on unobservables. A beneficial (unemployment-duration reducing) causal effect of internet job search is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414148