Hetschko Clemens, Schöb Ronnie, Wolf Tobias
University of Leeds, Economics Division, Maurice Keyworth Building, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business & Economics, Boltzmannstraße 20, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Labour Econ. 2020 Oct;66:101887. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101887. Epub 2020 Jul 16.
Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyse transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working makes people generally better off than being unemployed but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction level of regular employees. This implies that welfare receipt entails non-compliance with the norm to make one's own living. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits.
利用德国福利受益者的特定面板数据，我们研究了在职福利对非金钱生活满意度的影响。我们的实证策略将双重差分设计与合成控制组相结合，以分析工人在失业、正常就业和领取福利的就业状态之间的转变。工作通常会让人比失业时过得更好，但领取福利的就业者并未达到正式员工的生活满意度水平。这意味着领取福利违背了自食其力的规范。我们的研究结果使我们能够对作为福利支付的就业补贴得出谨慎的结论。
