Kraats, Coen van de; Galama, Titus; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2022 - This version: October 29, 2022
We provide evidence that the social norm (expectation) of work has a detrimental causal effect on the mental well-being … social norm of work effect in a difference-in-differences (DiD) model that compares mental well-being scores of unemployed … of the fraction of retirees of comparable age. The initial mental well-being gap at age 50 is large, with unemployed …