Unemployment and happiness

Artikel

Many studies document a large negative effect of unemployment on happiness. Recent research has looked into factors related to impacts on happiness, such as adaptation, social work norms, social capital, religious beliefs, and psychological resources. Getting unemployed people back to work can do more for their happiness than compensating them for doing nothing. But not all unemployed people are equally unhappy. Understanding the differences holds the key to designing effective policies, for helping the unemployed back into work, and for more evenly distributing the burden of unemployment resulting from economic restructuring.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2014 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Labor Economics: General ; Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
• Subject: unemployment ; happiness ; social capital ; social norms ; psychological scarcity

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Winkelmann, Rainer
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.94
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/125321
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET