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Should We Blame The Graduates For Their Unemployment? A Happiness Approach

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  • LIM, HOCK-EAM
  • DUAN, HONGBO

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This paper estimates change of happiness of Malaysian graduates who are in the stage of transition from university to labour market and tests the voluntary unemployment hypothesis using a happiness approach. It is found that a substantial deterioration in the graduate's happiness occurs during the transition. The change in happiness of unemployed graduates are not differ significantly from graduates who are self-employed, part-time or full-time employed with employment that does not commensurate with qualification. Thus, we could not reject the voluntary unemployment hypothesis and the graduates could be partially blamed for their unemployment.

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  • Lim, Hock-Eam & Duan, Hongbo, 2015. "Should We Blame The Graduates For Their Unemployment? A Happiness Approach," Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, vol. 56(2), pages 243-258, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:hit:hitjec:v:56:y:2015:i:2:p:243-258
    DOI: 10.15057/27602
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    Keywords

    voluntary unemployment; graduate unemployment; change in happiness; psychological impact of unemployment;
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    JEL classification:

    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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