called the "social norm". The main results of interest are that job search effort and unemployment duration are affected by … norm, it implies that when unemployment increases, the unemployed are happier and they reduce their search effort. These … results indicate that unemployment hysteresis has labor supply causes …

called the "social norm". The main results of interest are that job search effort and unemployment duration are affected by … norm, it implies that when unemployment increases, the unemployed are happier and they reduce their search effort. These … results indicate that unemployment hysteresis has labor supply causes. …

change in SWB predicts job search and unemployment duration. The findings suggest that those who report feeling hurt by …: search effort and unemployment duration are affected by the utility differential between having a job and being unemployed. … unemployment have shorter unemployment durations. Men who report a loss of SWB are also more likely to look for a job, but women …

less happy than employed people and their reduction in life satisfaction is the larger, the stronger the norm is. …

less happy than employed people and their reduction in life satisfaction is the larger, the stronger the norm is. …

importance, little is known about life satisfaction and sleep duration. Using German panel data, it is shown that sleep is an … important factor for life satisfaction and that maximal life satisfaction is associated with about eight hours of sleep on a … lead to a higher reported satisfaction with life. …

unhappy and the need for activation policies. -- happiness ; unemployment duration …