Unemployment as a Social Norm in Germany

This paper investigates the relationship between the subjective well-being of both the employed and unemployed and regional unemployment rates. While employed men suffer from regional unemployment, unemployed men are significantly less negatively affected. This is consistent with a social-norm effect of unemployment in Germany. We find no evidence of such an offsetting effect for women.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Clark, Andrew E. ; Knabe, Andreas ; Rätzel, Steffen
Publisher:	Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Subject:	Social norms \| unemployment \| life satisfaction

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Series:	SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; 132
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	88436559X [GVK] hdl:10419/150680 [Handle] RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp132 [RePEc]
Classification:	I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Source:	EconStor

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