LSE Business Review blog:
Expert panel: unemployment hurts the wellbeing of men more than that of women
4 August 2017
Researchers are divided on whether bad jobs are worse for wellbeing than unemployment, write Tony Beatton, Paul Frijters and Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee
Given a generally stronger social norm for men to be working in paid employment than for women, unemployment is typically worse for the wellbeing of men than women. That is the consensus finding of a survey of leading researchers on wellbeing from around the world. But the experts are divided on whether unemployment is better for an individual’s happiness than being employed in a bad job.
Link to press release:
Monday 31 July 2017
WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT: Evidence of the impact on the wellbeing of men and women
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_new2014/news/releases/2017_07_31_i151.pdf