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Job policies that offer generous unemployment benefits create more happiness – for everyone

  • Written by Robson Hiroshi Hatsukami Morgan, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, Minerva Schools at KGI
Job policies that offer generous unemployment benefits create more happiness – for everyoneTurn that frown upside down.shaunl/iStock via Getty Images

Losing one’s job undoubtedly makes someone less happy, a feeling tens of millions of people around the world are experiencing right now. Even as the labor market recovers, as we saw in the latest U.S. employment report on Nov. 6, the number of people who have been without a job for...

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