Report

A Note on Unhappiness and Unemployment Duration

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Clark, Andrew E.

Abstract / Description

Although it is now widely-accepted that unemployment is associated with sharply lower levels of individual well-being, relatively little is known about how this effect depends on unemployment duration. Data from three large-scale European panels is used to shed light on this issue; these data allow us to distinguish habituation to unemployment from sample selection. The panel results show little evidence of habituation to unemployment in Europe in the 1990's.

Keyword(s)

Zufriedenheit Arbeitslosigkeit Dauer Gewohnheit Zufriedenheit Arbeitslosigkeit Dauer Gewohnheit life satisfaction unemployment unemployment duration habituation

Persistent Identifier

Date of first publication

2006

Is part of series

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2406

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Clark, Andrew E.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:02:52Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-09
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:32:13Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:02:52Z
  • Date of first publication
    2006
  • Abstract / Description
    Although it is now widely-accepted that unemployment is associated with sharply lower levels of individual well-being, relatively little is known about how this effect depends on unemployment duration. Data from three large-scale European panels is used to shed light on this issue; these data allow us to distinguish habituation to unemployment from sample selection. The panel results show little evidence of habituation to unemployment in Europe in the 1990's.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16477
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1120
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8965
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 2406
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2406
  • Keyword(s)
    Zufriedenheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitslosigkeit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Dauer
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gewohnheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Zufriedenheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitslosigkeit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Dauer
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gewohnheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    life satisfaction
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    unemployment
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    unemployment duration
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    habituation
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    A Note on Unhappiness and Unemployment Duration
    en
  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok