(unemployment generosity, tax wedge, active labour market policies, employment protection legislation, product market regulation …

with subsequent unemployment. …

increasing unemployment. A key question is which policies have this effect. Using a 3-year panel of 90 countries, the study finds … that the unemployment rate is affected by the existence, duration, and replacement rate of unemployment insurance. Hiring … unemployment. These results are broadly in line with the extensive literature on countries of the Organisation for Economic Co …

While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is … not clear whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and whether subsidized employment can …

While rising unemployment generally reduces people's happiness, researchers argue that there is a compensating social …, however, rejects this thesis for German panel data and finds individual unemployment to be even more hurtful when aggregate … unemployment is higher. On the other hand, an extended model that separately considers individuals who feel stigmatised from living …