This field experiment explores whether single and married female job candidates' un/employment histories differentially …' discrimination against, and/or preference for, candidates who are un/employed vary with the duration of unemployment spells. Resumes …. Candidates' experiences of unemployment and declaration of marital status are carefully controlled. Over 7000 applications are …

affected in terms of parental health, labor market outcomes and separations. Limited effects on family disposable income … suggest that generous unemployment insurance and a dual-earner norm shield families from financial distress, which together …

We examine family time together using data from the 2003-2010 American Time Use Survey combined with Bureau of Labor … Statistics data on state-level unemployment rates. Couple time together is U-shaped; while fathers spend more time engaging in … enriching childcare activities without a spouse present as the unemployment rate rises. Patterns are similar for dual …

the extent to which the experience of parental unemployment during childhood affects young people's far right … unemployed parents and right-wing extremism, with xenophobia in particular. This paper uses differences in unemployment levels … variables estimates suggest strong and significant effects of parental unemployment on right-wing extremism. This is consistent …

This paper examines if the effect of parental labor market shocks on child development depends on the age of the child … at the time of the shock. To address this question, we leverage rich Norwegian population-wide register data and exploit … mass layoffs and establishment closures as a source of exogenous variation in parental labor market shocks. We find that …

We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy …

relationship between early labor market conditions and young females' family formation outcomes. A policy-pilot affecting the … main effect of the policy. We find pronounced, but short-lived, negative labor market effects from early exposure to the … to be a strong predictor of divorce, and worse labor market performance. Divorces were more prevalent and the ensuing …