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

This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984-2006, using a sample of men and … unemployment on life satisfaction. This paper expands on previous cornerstone research from Winkelmann and Winkelmann (1998) and … explicitly identifies truly exogenous unemployment entries starting from 1991. We find that for women in East and West Germany …

This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984-2006, using a sample of men and … unemployment on life satisfaction. This paper expands on previous cornerstone research from Winkelmann and Winkelmann (1998) and … explicitly identifies truly exogenous unemployment entries starting from 1991. We find that for women in East and West Germany …

Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market … recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that … women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings in the two years following job …

-finding rates and the more standard view of negative effects. When unemployment compensation, if any, is low enough, we argue that … conclusion as well. Looking specifically at unemployment compensation, its optimal level is generally higher than when a lower …

a breadwinner’s job loss. Firm events and local unemployment shocks are exploited as exogenous sources of variation to …

shifter in mothers' quits, we use a policy reform that extended the potential duration of unemployment benefits, which Italian …

, coverage of social security does not provide enough support in coping with unemployment shocks. Instead, we find that mothers …

Analyzing gender gaps of unemployed job-seekers, this study uniquely complements the broad literature focussing … predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors … importance. Married women and those with young children perform particularly bad compared to men. High unexplainable gender gaps …