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Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm

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Chadi, A. Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 132(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.132.1.1
Chadi, Adrian "Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 132.1, 2012, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.132.1.1
Chadi, Adrian (2012): Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 132, iss. 1, 1-26, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.132.1.1

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Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm

Chadi, Adrian

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 132 (2012), Iss. 1 : pp. 1–26

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Adrian Chadi, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universitätsstraße 14–16, 48143 Münster.

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Abstract

In the modern welfare state, people who cannot make a living usually receive financial assistance from public funds. Accordingly, the so-called social work norm against living off other people is violated, which may be the reason why the unemployed are so unhappy. If so, however, labour market concepts based on the notion of promoting low-paid jobs that are subsidised if necessary with additional payments would appear far less favourable. It could be that people are employed, but still unhappy. Using German panel data, this paper examines the relevance of the social work norm and finds significant disutility effects of living off public funds. Although there is evidence that this is true for employed people as well, one individual seems to be much better off having a job that requires additional assistance than having no job at all. On the other hand, such policies as the recent German labour market reforms can trigger undesired side effects if the issue of the social work norm is ignored.