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Unemployment: Where does it Hurt?

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  • Winkelmann, Liliana
  • Winkelmann, Rainer

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We investigate how individual well-being is affected by unemployment. Analysing panel data on life satisfaction, we find that unemployment has a large and negative effect. The lack of evidence for a similar effect of non-participation casts doubt on the natural rate view of unemployment. Further, we decompose the total well-being costs of unemployment and find that between 85% and 93% are non-pecuniary, and that only 7-15% are pecuniary. The main implication is that the benefits of employment generating policies exceed the benefits of policies that are designed to mitigate the effects of unemployment through income transfers.

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  • Winkelmann, Liliana & Winkelmann, Rainer, 1995. "Unemployment: Where does it Hurt?," CEPR Discussion Papers 1093, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:1093
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    1. André Hajek, 2013. "Life Satisfaction and Unemployment: The Role of Voluntariness and Job Prospects," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 601, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
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    Keywords

    Costs of Unemployment; Panel Data; Satisfaction;
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    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

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