Impact of unemployment on happiness in the United States

Sediq Sameem and Pavlo Buryi ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2019, vol. 26, issue 12, 1049-1052

Abstract: This study considers the level of demonstrated happiness and unhappiness, the latter measured by the conditional probability of committing suicide within groups that are facing a higher unemployment rate and those that are not. Using individual-level US data from 1989 to 2004, our findings indicate that individuals have lower rates of suicide or are ‘happy’ when they live in a state that has lower unemployment rate.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1529390

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