We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day, and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are...

In this paper, we attempt to renew the interest in marginal employment subsidies. Such subsidies are paid only for a firm's additional employment exceeding some reference level and create larger employment stimuli at lower fiscal costs than general wage subsidies for all workers. If the hiring...

Die Magdeburger Alternative plädiert für eine Befreiung der Arbeitgeber von den gesamten Sozialversicherungsbeiträgen, welche die Arbeitskosten unmittelbar senkt. Um Mitnahmeeffekte auf Seiten der Arbeitgeber zu vermeiden, werden von Arbeitslosengeld-II-Empfängern neu aufgenommene...

Die Magdeburger Alternative plädiert für eine Befreiung der Arbeitgeber von den gesamten Sozialversicherungsbeiträgen, welche die Arbeitskosten unmittelbar senkt. Um Mitnahmeeffekte auf Seiten der Arbeitgeber zu vermeiden, werden von Arbeitslosengeld-II-Empfängern neu aufgenommene...

We use the differences between life satisfaction and emotional well-being of employed and unemployed persons to analyze how a person's employment status affects cognitive well-being. Our results show that unemployment has a negative impact on cognitive, but not on affective well-being, which we...

In this paper, we attempt to renew the interest in marginal employment subsidies. Such subsidies are paid only for a firm's additional employment exceeding some reference level and create larger employment stimuli at lower fiscal costs than general wage subsidies for all workers. If the hiring...