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Title: The Impact of Labor Force History on Self-Esteem and Its Component Parts, Anxiety, Alienation and Depression
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Goldsmith, Arthur H. Veum, Jonathan R. Darity, William A. Jr. |
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The Impact of Labor Force History on Self-Esteem and Its Component Parts, Anxiety, Alienation and Depression Journal of Economic Psychology 17,2 (April 1996): 183-220. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167487096000037 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Data Quality/Consistency; Employment; Heterogeneity; Labor Force Participation; Quits; Self-Esteem; Unemployment Estimated the correlation between unemployment and self-esteem. A methodology that controls for 3 potential sources of bias (omitted variables, unobserved heterogeneity, and data selection) was used. Data were drawn from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, which provided detailed information on the personal characteristics of 1,198 14-21 yr olds, including their self-esteem and labor force experiences. Evidence of the damage of joblessness on an individual's perception of self-worth was found. Exposure to bouts of both forms of joblessness (unemployment or time out of the labor force) was also found to harm self-esteem. Decompositional analysis suggested that joblessness damages self-esteem by generating feelings of depression. The authors suggest that policies designed to lessen joblessness will also yield a psychologically healthier labor force. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1997 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved) |
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Goldsmith, Arthur H., Jonathan R. Veum and William A. Jr. Darity. "The Impact of Labor Force History on Self-Esteem and Its Component Parts, Anxiety, Alienation and Depression." Journal of Economic Psychology 17,2 (April 1996): 183-220.
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