while working. Welfare stigma and other hard-to-observe factors may affect outcomes as on-the-job search and the duration … until leaving welfare status. We utilize life satisfaction to track such factors. The German PASS-ADIAB dataset combines … covariates, we find that life satisfaction of in-work benefit recipientsis negatively associated with job search, whereas the …

discouraged and thus increases search. On average, optimism increases the duration of unemployment by about 6.5%. … unemployment entry, optimism decreases job finding by about 8%. This effect weakens over the unemployment spell and eventually … switches sign after about 8 months of unemployment. From then onward, optimism prevents un- employed individuals from becoming …

unemployment only and not heterogeneous with respect to individual characteristics or unemployment duration, we conclude that only … changes is, nonetheless, strongly debated. We contribute to this discussion by analyzing the effect of unemployment on LOC … unemployment. Overall, we find a significant shift in stated LOC due to unemployment. Because the effect is observable during …

indicate that the reform did not alter the probability of involuntary unemployment after sickness. …

us to assess the effect of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and, in a new departure, the impact of …

impairments and above-average duration of welfare dependence. The program effects decline over time, which cannot be explained by …