Stutzer, Alois; Lalive, Rafael - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 138 (2002) III, pp. 293-316
So far economic analysis of unemployment has neglected social norms to a large extent. Here the empirical relevance of the social norm to live off one's own income is studied with regard to unemployed people's behaviour and subjective well-being. The strength of the social work norm is measured...