Unemployment as a social norm in Germany

Pre-print, Working paper: 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.

Author(s)

Andrew E. Clark, Andreas Knabe, Steffen Rätzel

Date of publication
  • 2008
Keywords JEL
I31 J64 Z13
Keywords
  • Social norms
  • Unemployment
  • Life satisfaction
Internal reference
  • PSE Working Papers n°2008-45
Version
  • 1