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We study how a negative labor market shock like job loss generates health spillovers in couples. Using administrative data of all workers and firms matched to mortality and patient records, we document that male job displacement increases the mortality risk for both the man and his partner. For...
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There are considerable differences in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We use labor force survey data on 21 countries to perform a series of data decompositions and show that the cross-country variation in gender unemployment gaps is primarily driven by the differences in female labor...
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The COVID-19 outbreak has brought unprecedented disruptions to the global economies and has led to income loss and high unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings, and job loss in a multi-country setting. We...
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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 driving the labor market gaps of unemployed men and...
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This paper assesses gender differences in the effects of adverse conditions at labor-market entry in a developing region. Using harmonized microdata from national household surveys for 15 Latin American countries, we build a synthetic panel of cohorts that potentially transition from school to...
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Feminist and institutionalist literature has challenged the "Mancession" narrative of the 2007-09 recession and produced nuanced and gender-aware analyses of the labor market and well-being outcomes of the recession. Using American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data for 2003-12, this paper examines the...
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milestone, I compare labor market outcomes until the age of 37 of children whose parents had an unemployment spell shortly …
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outcomes in Austria. I find that parental unemployment shortly before an important educational decision by parents for their …
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outcomes in Austria. I find that parental unemployment shortly before an important educational decision by parents for their …
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outcomes in Austria. I find that parental unemployment shortly before an important educational decision by parents for their … Arbeitsmarkerfolg von Kindern. Es zeigt sich, dass elterliche Arbeitslosigkeit kurz vor einer wichtigen Bildungsentscheidung der Eltern … sich durch eine geringere Investitionsentscheidung der Eltern erklären. Meine Ergebnisse unterstreichen die …
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