Table 1 Effects of unemployment stigma on subjective well-being (H1), health (H2), re-employment expectations (H3) and value placed on employment (H4)

Stigma consciousness (0–10)

− 0.319***

(0.033)

− 0.196***

(0.040)

− 0.047***

(0.013)

0.125***

(0.017)

Sample (R: population sample)

− 0.159

(0.235)

0.025

(0.301)

0.053

(0.099)

0.028

(0.141)

Employment status at wave 6 (R: employed)

 Unemployed

− 0.328^#

(0.186)

− 0.101

(0.249)

− 0.196*

(0.083)

− 0.215*

(0.096)

 Out of the labour force

− 0.219

(0.567)

− 0.287

(0.750)

− 0.004

(0.319)

0.189

(0.376)

Male

− 0.347**

(0.115)

− 0.058

(0.144)

0.058

(0.049)

− 0.172**

(0.060)

Unemployment duration (years)

0.003

(0.014)

− 0.038*

(0.019)

− 0.019***

(0.005)

0.013^#

(0.007)

Number of previous unemployment episodes

− 0.062

(0.072)

0.157^#

(0.093)

0.049

(0.032)

0.032

(0.033)

Age

− 0.098*

(0.038)

− 0.288***

(0.048)

0.008

(0.017)

0.033

(0.021)

Age²

0.001*

(0.000)

0.003***

(0.001)

− 0.000*

(0.000)

− 0.000

(0.000)

Migration background

0.343*

(0.136)

0.419*

(0.176)

0.088

(0.063)

0.019

(0.074)

Education (R: elementary) (CASMIN)

 Secondary

− 0.062

(0.131)

− 0.154

(0.168)

− 0.006

(0.059)

− 0.122^#

(0.073)

 Maturity

− 0.103

(0.176)

0.476*

(0.226)

0.081

(0.087)

− 0.351***

(0.091)

 Tertiary

− 0.138

(0.207)

0.520*

(0.241)

0.125

(0.088)

− 0.310**

(0.100)

Married

0.104

(0.151)

− 0.161

(0.187)

− 0.048

(0.068)

0.183*

(0.085)

Household size

0.059

(0.057)

0.084

(0.082)

− 0.034

(0.030)

0.000

(0.037)

Household income (in 100 €)

0.010

(0.011)

0.019

(0.015)

0.001

(0.005)

0.009

(0.007)

West Germany

0.003

(0.123)

− 0.462**

(0.153)

0.075

(0.055)

− 0.059

(0.066)

Constant

10.008***

(0.822)

12.842***

(1.090)

2.688***

(0.372)

− 1.492**

(0.471)

Observations

1278

1278

1278

1278