Who benefits from labor market institutions? Evidence from surveys of life satisfaction

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-124

  Ochsen, Carsten ^a   Welsch, Heinz ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment protection; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Macroeconomic uncertainty; Unemployment benefit

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054874093     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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