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Alleviating depression in the unemployed: Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement

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Results of a longitudinal study on older blue-collar workers in the Federal Republic of Germany ([1] Soc. Sci. Med. 25, 173-178, 1987) showed that people who retired out of unemployment improve in depression similar to those people who found a job. Furthermore, financial problems and disappointed hope were important in the development of depression in the unemployed. These results are relevant for measures to alleviate depression in the unemployed in three areas: early retirement and an increase of financial unemployment compensation are recommended. Furthermore, all those programs (like counseling or therapeutic programs) that increase hope to find a job without increasing the chances to find a job have to be viewed with skepticism because they might actually turn out to be dysfunctional.

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  • Frese, Michael, 1987. "Alleviating depression in the unemployed: Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 213-215, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:25:y:1987:i:2:p:213-215
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    1. Waters, Lea E. & Moore, Kathleen A., 2001. "Coping with economic deprivation during unemployment," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 461-482, August.

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