TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Powdthavee, Nattavudh
        TI  - Resilience to Economic Shocks and the Long Reach of Childhood Bullying
        PY  - 2012/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6945
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6945
        AB  - This paper investigates whether people's ability to withstand and adapt to one of the most important economic shocks – job loss – is determined early on in childhood. Using nationally representative longitudinal data that tracks almost 3,000 children into adulthood, we show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental health and life satisfaction is almost four times larger for workers who had been bullied a lot in their early life. We also find zero adaptation to unemployment for these individuals over time. Although the results should be viewed as illustrative and more research is needed, their potential implications for economists and policy makers are discussed.
        KW  - resilience
KW  - adaptation
KW  - happiness
KW  - unemployment
KW  - childhood
KW  - well-being
        ER  -