Bowling Alone or Bowling at All? The Effect of Unemployment on Social Participation

Abstract

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Unemployment and Social Exclusion

“…It has been found that the unemployed engage in social activities less often (see e.g. Kunze and Suppa, 2017) and have less social support from close relations and authority figures compared to employed individuals (see e.g. Jackson, 1999).…”

“…Clark andOswald, 1994 andKassenboehmer andHaisken-DeNew, 2009) and between unemployment and social ties (see e.g. Eliason, 2012 andKunze andSuppa, 2017).…”

Income in jeopardy: How losing employment affects the willingness to take risks

“…Arulampalam et al 2001) and the loss of non-monetary welfare (e.g. reductions of social participation and identity utility, see Kunze andSuppa 2014, Hetschko et al 2014). As a result, we argue that increasing risk of job loss will cause workers to avoid other controllable risks more often as decreasing absolute risk aversion (DARA) characterises their utility function.…”

Unemployment as a Social Norm Revisited Novel Evidence from German Counties

“…However, as the economic importance of the norm effect turns out to be weak, our findings put some caution on the hysteresis argument. Rather, alternative explanations, e.g., the access to social networks, may be important (Kunze & Suppa, 2014). Hence, an adequate policy response to unemployment should consist of a prompt policy reaction with a particular focus on supporting the unemployed in retaining their social networks.…”