Why does unemployment hurt the employed? Evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and private sectors
"High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular, job security, in workers' well-being by exploiting sector-specific institutional diffe...
Main Authors: | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Luechinger, Simon, Meier, Stephan, Stutzer, Alois |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Boston, MA
2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19189268124919074409-Why-does-unemployment-hurt-the.htm |
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