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Life Satisfaction, Pro-Activity And Employment

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  • ALPASLAN AKAY

    (Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Vasagatan 1, Box)

  • GOKHAN KARABULUT

    (Department of Economics, Istanbul Univerisity, Beyazit-Fatih-Istanbul, 34452 Turkey3Global Labor Organization (GLO), Turkey)

  • LEVENT YILMAZ

    (Department of Economics, Turkish-German University Istanbul, Sahinkaya Cad. 106, 34820 Istanbul, Turkey)

Abstract

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper investigates how pro-active time-use (e.g., in sports/arts/socializing) relates to subjective well-being of the unemployed and their probability of finding a new job. Allowing for a variety of socio-demographic and -economic observed characteristics, we find that pro-activity is negatively associated with the well-being loss upon unemployment. That is, the negative unemployment shock on their well-being is mitigated through various stress-reducing activities including, in particular, art participation, socializing, going on trips and visiting a church. We also find that the probability of returning to the labor market later is positively associated with pro-activity during the unemployment period. The results are robust to various checks including estimators, measures and individual personality characteristics which can correlate with time-use activities.

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  • Alpaslan Akay & Gokhan Karabulut & Levent Yilmaz, 2024. "Life Satisfaction, Pro-Activity And Employment," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 69(07), pages 2235-2257, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:69:y:2024:i:07:n:s0217590821500132
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590821500132
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    Keywords

    Life satisfaction; pro-activity; employment; labor markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • J69 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Other

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