Re:Getting Fired Can Be Worse Than Divorce
by bcx on Thursday April 27, 2017 @06:07PM
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I am skeptical of these findings. The graph comes from LSE's center for economic performance (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/), but I cannot find any reference for a related study when searching google.
I also find that it would be very difficult to summarize 4000 research papers into a clean graph about subjective life satisfaction in such a way that you could cleanly compare post divorce well-being and post unemployment well-being.
Given, it's VERY hard to find the root study, and most other peer websites are just referencing the Bloomberg article. My guess is the author of the article is conflating some data.
References: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/926/1/02-16.pdf
To conclude:
"Using a longitudinal study of 24,000 people living in Germany, this study
found on average that individuals had lower life satisfaction following
unemployment and this never recovered to the pre-unemployment levels.
These results held for men and women but were stronger for men."
The authors of this study frame their results slightly differently:
"The findings suggests that even a short period of unemployment can cause an alteration in a person’s long-term set-point. Although there was substantial stability in life satisfaction over the years, unemployment did influence long-term levels, thus suggesting that in addition to personality, long-term subjective well-being can also be influenced by life circumstances"
I also find that it would be very difficult to summarize 4000 research papers into a clean graph about subjective life satisfaction in such a way that you could cleanly compare post divorce well-being and post unemployment well-being.
Given, it's VERY hard to find the root study, and most other peer websites are just referencing the Bloomberg article. My guess is the author of the article is conflating some data.
A few interesting references: https://whatworkswellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/unemp...
References: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/926/1/02-16.pdf To conclude: "Using a longitudinal study of 24,000 people living in Germany, this study found on average that individuals had lower life satisfaction following unemployment and this never recovered to the pre-unemployment levels. These results held for men and women but were stronger for men."
The authors of this study frame their results slightly differently:
"The findings suggests that even a short period of unemployment can cause an alteration in a person’s long-term set-point. Although there was substantial stability in life satisfaction over the years, unemployment did influence long-term levels, thus suggesting that in addition to personality, long-term subjective well-being can also be influenced by life circumstances"