perception of belonging to a specific social group) and, consequently, feelings of personal happiness and subjective well …

perception of belonging to a specific social group) and, consequently, feelings of personal happiness and subjective well …

Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction … makes people generally better off than being unemployed, but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction …

Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the nonpecuniary life satisfaction … makes people generally better off than being unemployed, but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction …

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 … increase the happiness of the unemployed. To close this gap, this paper estimates the causal effect of a type of subsidized …