High levels of benefits for the unemployed do not lead to a lack of motivation to find work, a Europe-wide study has found. University of Edinburgh researchers found benefit levels had “no effect” on the wellbeing of those without a job. Researchers found some countries with the most generous benefits also had some of the most despondent unemployed citizens, and vice versa. Their paper covered 28 countries across Europe. It compared how unemployment affected people’s life satisfaction levels. …