Unemployment as a social norm in Germany

Andrew Clark (), Andreas Knabe () and Steffen Rätzel

PSE Working Papers from PSE (Ecole normale supérieure)

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between the subjective well-being of both the employed and unemployed and regional unemployment rates. While employed men suffer from regional unemployment, unemployed men are significantly less negatively affected. This is consistent with a social-norm effect of unemployment in Germany. We find no evidence of such an offsetting effect for women.

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Date: 2008
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