A paper on unhappiness and unemployment in Germany

被引：103

作者：

Gerlach, K

Stephan, G

机构：

[1] Inst. for Quantit. Economic Research, University of Hanover, D 30167 Hanover

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 1996年 / 52卷 / 03期

关键词：

unemployment; unhappiness; labor supply elasticities;

D O I：

10.1016/S0165-1765(96)00858-0

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Fixed effects estimations with German data obtain the result that unemployment significantly lowers overall satisfaction with life. The results differ for men and women and are consistent with estimates of labor supply elasticities.

引用

页码：325 / 330

页数：6