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Why are the unemployed so unhappy? Evidence from panel data

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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Zurich
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dc.date.issued1997-01-22
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This paper tests for the importance of non-pecuniary costs of unemployment using a longitudinal data-set on life-satisfaction of working-age men in Germany. We show that unemployment has a large detrimental effect on satisfaction after individual specific fixed effects are controlled for. The non-pecuniary effect is much larger than the effect that stems from the associated loss of income.

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dc.subject.ddc330 Economics
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Why are the unemployed so unhappy? Evidence from panel data

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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleEconomica
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uzh.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Canterbury
uzh.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Canterbury
uzh.contributor.authorWinkelmann, Liliana
uzh.contributor.authorWinkelmann, Rainer
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uzh.publication.citationWinkelmann, Liliana; Winkelmann, Rainer (1997). Why are the unemployed so unhappy? Evidence from panel data. Economica, 65(257):1-15.
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