We use a large panel of married households to update estimated added worker effects. In response to a primary earner's job loss, secondary earners are 3 percentage points more likely to work and compensate for 6% of the displaced worker's lost earnings. When a secondary earner is displaced,...

We use a panel of tax returns spanning 1999 to 2011 to provide new evidence on household experiences during unemployment. Unemployment is associated with roughly a 20% reduction in household wage earnings. Unemployment insurance compensates for half of these wage losses. Households also...