Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232869 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14117
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
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 proactivity 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.
Subjects: 
life satisfaction
pro-activity
employment
labor markets
JEL: 
I31
J64
J69
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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