Hetschko, C, Schöb, R and Wolf, T (2020) Income Support, Employment Transitions and Well-Being. Labour Economics, 66. 101887. ISSN 0927-5371
Abstract
Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyse transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working makes people generally better off than being unemployed but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction level of regular employees. This implies that welfare receipt entails non-compliance with the norm to make one's own living. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020, Elsevier. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article published in Labour Economics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Life satisfaction; Subsidized employment; Unemployment; Income support; In-work benefits; Social identity; Social norms; Pecunia non olet Vespasian |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Economics Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2020 15:46 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 13:36 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101887 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163607 |
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