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A note on unhappiness and unemployment duration |
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| Author(s): |
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Andrew E. Clark 1, 2 |
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| Fulltext language: |
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English |
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| Production date: |
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2006-09 |
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| Abstract: |
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Although it is now widely-accepted that unemployment is associated with sharply lower levels of individual well-being, relatively little is known about how this effect depends on unemployment duration. Data from three large-scale European panels is used to shed light on this issue; these data allow us to distinguish habituation to unemployment from sample selection. The panel results show little evidence of habituation to unemployment in Europe in the 1990's. |
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Abstract
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Plusieurs analyses ont démontré que le chômage réduisait le bien-être individuel, mais le rôle de la durée du chômage dans cette relation reste ambigu. Ce papier fait appel aux données provenant de trois panels européens ; ces données longitudinales nous permettent de distinguer le phénomène psychologique d'habituation au chômage d'un effet statistique de composition (où les chômeurs les plus malheureux seraient plus susceptibles de sortir du chômage plus vite). L'analyse économétrique des données de panel ne conforte pas l'hypothèse d'habituation au chômage. |
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Preprint, Working Paper, ... |
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Humanities and Social Sciences/Economy and finances
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| Keyword(s): |
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life satisfaction – unemployment – unemployment duration – habituation |
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| JEL Classification: |
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| C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods/C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models/C30 - General |
| J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor/J28 - Safety – Job Satisfaction – Related Public Policy |
| J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J3 - Wages – Compensation – and Labor Costs/J31 - Wage Level and Structure – Wage Differentials |
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| Internal note: |
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PSE Working Papers n°2006-23 |
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