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The Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction: A Cross-national Comparison Between Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States

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  • Chen, Wen-Hao
  • Hou, Feng

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This paper investigates the effect of unemployment on life satisfaction from a comparative perspective. It also tests whether the link between unemployment and life satisfaction is moderated or reinforced by contextual unemployment across regions within a country—either through a negative spillover or a positive social-norm effect, or both.

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  • Chen, Wen-Hao & Hou, Feng, 2018. "The Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction: A Cross-national Comparison Between Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2018408e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
  • Handle: RePEc:stc:stcp3e:2018408e
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    1. KonShik Kim, 2024. "Impacts of Early Youth Unemployment Self-Esteem and Quality of Life: Moderating Effects of Career Unemployment," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 19(5), pages 2871-2894, October.
    2. Ming-Chang Tsai, 2021. "Kin, Friend and Community Social Capital: Effects on Well-Being and Prospective Life Conditions in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 154(2), pages 489-510, April.
    3. Alpaslan Akay & Gokhan Karabulut & Levent Yilmaz, 2024. "Life Satisfaction, Pro-Activity And Employment," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 69(07), pages 2235-2257, December.
    4. Matteo Picchio & Michele Ubaldi, 2024. "Unemployment and health: A meta‐analysis," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(4), pages 1437-1472, September.
    5. Claudiu-Ionuţ Popîrlan & Irina-Valentina Tudor & Constantin-Cristian Dinu & Gabriel Stoian & Cristina Popîrlan & Daniela Dănciulescu, 2021. "Hybrid Model for Unemployment Impact on Social Life," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(18), pages 1-19, September.
    6. Christian Kamenga Mapurita, 2020. "Job Quality and Well-Being: Evidence from DR Congo," 2020 Papers pma2952, Job Market Papers.
    7. Raufhon Salahodjaev & Barno Abdullaeva & Shakhnoza Tosheva & Arletta Isaeva, 2021. "Female Parliamentarians and the Distribution of National Happiness," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 16(4), pages 1571-1585, August.
    8. Sukkyung You & Jieun Yoo, 2021. "Relations among Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, Career Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness in Korean College Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-8, November.
    9. Rendra Gustriansyah & Juhaini Alie & Nazori Suhandi, 2023. "Modeling the number of unemployed in South Sumatra Province using the exponential smoothing methods," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 57(2), pages 1725-1737, April.
    10. Raufhon Salahodjaev & Nargiza Ibragimova, 2020. "Height and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Russia," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 15(1), pages 219-237, March.

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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General

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