Arbeitspapier
Unhappiness and job finding
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, we find that nearly half of the unemployed do not experience a drop in happiness, which might explain why at least some workers need to be activated. In addition to that, we find that even though unemployed who experience a drop in happiness search more actively for a job, it does not speed up their job finding. Apparently, there is no link between unhappiness and the speed of job finding. Hence, there is no contradiction between unemployed being unhappy and the need for activation policies.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6320
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- Thema
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happiness
unemployment duration
Zufriedenheit
Arbeitslosigkeit
Dauer
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Gielen, Anne C.
van Ours, Jan C.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2012042310381
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Gielen, Anne C.
- van Ours, Jan C.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2012
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