Arbeitspapier

The social costs of unemployment: Accounting for unemployment duration

The social costs of unemployment, in terms of unemployment's impact on European citizens' life satisfaction, relate strongly to unemployment duration. At any level of general joblessness, reducing long-term unemployment is more important than reducing the number of people unemployed at any point in time.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Thünen-Series of Applied Economic Theory - Working Paper ; No. 60

Classification
Wirtschaft
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
General Welfare; Well-Being
Subject
unemployment
unemployment duration
life satisfaction
happiness
social costs

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Ochsen, Carsten
Welsch, Heinz
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Universität Rostock, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
(where)
Rostock
(when)
2006

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Ochsen, Carsten
  • Welsch, Heinz
  • Universität Rostock, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre

Time of origin

  • 2006

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