Aspiration achievement and unemployment

What is it about?

The paper examines whether being in a lower occupational position than aspired to increases the risk of becoming unemployed. The idea is that when the job and the expectations do not meet, unemployment may be seen as a way out of the situation.

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Why is it important?

Most explananations for individual risk for unemployment have focused on personal factors, such as education and mental health. In contrast, this paper examines wether a discrepancy between peoples expectations to work-status ant the actual situation increase the risk of becoming unemployed. The findings imply that understanding peoples subjective expectations to work may be important when studying unemployment.