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LOCATION:Gustav-Schmoller-Raum,DIW Berlin im Quartier 110,3.3.002A,Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße 58,10117 Berlin
SUMMARY:SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
DESCRIPTION:12.30 - 13.30 // Benjamin Crost (Berkeley University)Abstract While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and  self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is not clear  whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and  whether subsidized employment can increase the happiness of the  unemployed. To close this gap, I estimate the causal effect of a type of  subsidized employment projects - Germany's  Arbeitsbeschaffungsmassnahmen - on self-reported happiness. Results from  matching and fixed effects estimators suggest that subsidized  employment has a large and statistically significant positive effect on  the happiness of individuals who would otherwise have been unemployed.  Detailed panel data on pre- and post-project happiness suggests that  this effect can neither be explained by self-selection of happier  individuals into employment nor by the higher incomes of the employed.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100714
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URL:https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.358370.de/veranstaltungen/soep_brown_bag_seminar.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Eva M. Berger:mailto:eberger@diw.de
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