whether severe household indebtedness is driven by trigger events such as unemployment, childbirth, divorce, or the death of … are likely to cause severe household indebtedness. Unemployment also worsens the relative debt situation mainly due to the …

This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions, i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits … as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements. In addition to the effects on unemployment durations, we … evaluate the effects on post-unemployment employment stability, on exits from the labor market and on earnings. In our analysis …

-being and paradoxically can be even more harmful than actual job loss with subsequent unemployment. -- job security ; life … satisfaction ; unemployment …