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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?

Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap Between the Public and the Private Sector

Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier and Alois Stutzer
Journal of Human Resources, October 2010, 45 (4) 998-1045; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.4.998
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