1/9 What do we know about #wellbeing impacts of unemployment? New labour market stats released by
@ONS this morning show employee jobs falling by 450,000 and vacancies rapidly dwindling... Thread below @WorkLearnWell

2/9 Unemployment is universally damaging for #wellbeing. Regardless of our age, gender, level of education, ethnicity or part of the country in which we live. The longer the time unemployed, the worse the effect. (Strong evidence)

3/9 People's wellbeing does not 'adapt' to unemployment. It doesn't bounce back to previous levels after a year of unemployment. (strong evidence)

4/9 Men's wellbeing is more impacted by the duration of unemployment. (Strong evidence) We can't say with certainty why, but this may be related to stereotypes about gender roles.

5/9 Younger people's wellbeing drops further than older age groups. Particularly if the spell of unemployment is longer. (Promising evidence)

6/9 Unemployment not only affects the person who lost their job. It also reduces the wellbeing of their spouse, especially female spouses. (Strong evidence)

7/9 Encouragingly, re-employment does lead to increased wellbeing BUT job quality (regardless of job role or sector) matters to how big the wellbeing boost is

8/9 Other factors that may mitigate the wellbeing impacts of unemployment:
-Being able to rely on family and friends.
-Living in an area with high unemployment - potentially due to reduced stigma.
-Extroversion and employability
-Regular religious attendance

9/9 Our 2017 briefing on Unemployment, (Re)employment and Wellbeing is here: https://bit.ly/33J6hqm