Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction … analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working … 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 … analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working … makes people generally better off than being unemployed, but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction …

Unemployment not only causes material hardship but can also affect an individual's sense of identity (i.e. their …

Unemployment not only causes material hardship but can also affect an individual's sense of identity (i.e. their …

Unemployment influences people’s life satisfaction beyond negative income shocks. A large body of literature … experiment to compare unemployment-related life satisfaction losses between different cohorts of East and West German women. We … investigates these non-pecuniary costs of unemployment and stresses the importance of social identity and therefore social norms …

of well-being, such as mental health and life satisfaction, or on the acquisition of human capital? …

indicators of well-being, such as mental health and life satisfaction, or on the acquisition of human capital? …