Gerlach, Knut; Stephan, Gesine - In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 34 (2001) 4, pp. 515-528
"Empirical studies show firstly that unemployment clearly reduces the subjectively perceived satisfaction with life compared with employment and also compared with economic inactivity; secondly eastern Germans regularly report a lower level of satisfaction with life than western Germans. On the...