NEW MEASURES OF THE COSTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING OF 3.3 MILLION AMERICANS.

Using two large U.S. surveys, we estimate the effects of unemployment on the subjective well-being (SWB) of the unemployed and the rest of the population. For the unemployed, the nonpecuniary costs of unemployment are several times as large as those resulting from lower incomes, while the indirect e...

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Publicado en:Economic Inquiry Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 1485 - 1503
Autores principales: HELLIWELL, JOHN F., HUANG, HAIFANG
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2014
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          HELLIWELL, JOHN F.
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          Senior Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Professor Emeritus of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
          Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2H4, Canada
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        Unemployment & psychology
        Unemployment & society
        Psychological well-being
        Job security
        Well-being
        Economics
        Sociology of the United States economy
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      ab: Using two large U.S. surveys, we estimate the effects of unemployment on the subjective well-being (SWB) of the unemployed and the rest of the population. For the unemployed, the nonpecuniary costs of unemployment are several times as large as those resulting from lower incomes, while the indirect effect at the population level is 15 times as large. For those who are still employed, a one percentage point increase in local unemployment has an impact on well-being roughly equivalent to a 4% decline in household income. We also find evidence indicating that job security is an important channel for the indirect effects of unemployment. ( JEL E24, H23, J64, J68)
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