Unemployment as a social norm in Germany

Andrew Clark, Andreas Knabe and Steffen Rätzel
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Steffen Rätzel: OVGU - Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg = Otto-von-Guericke University [Magdeburg]

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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.

Keywords: social norms; unemployment; life satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-09
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