seven labor market outcomes (employment, full-time employment, earnings, fulltime earnings, being a manager, being a …

We investigate the reaction of couples to a job loss during periods of growth and recession in the UK focussing on re-employment … of the spouse who lost their job. Re-employment was faster for those with a partner in work, but was not generally … recession on entry into these jobs. For women, an employed partner was associated with a greater likelihood of re-entry into any …

multiple methods approach to gain a fuller understanding of couples' responses pre and post the UK Great Recession and to …

Survey to compare the period of growth of 1995-2007 to the Great Recession and its aftermath of 2008-11. In single earner … couples during the recession, both men and women substantially increased their job search activity following a partner's job … search during recession did not appear to translate into more success in finding work for either men or women. Among dual …

Survey to compare the period of growth of 1995-2007 to the Great Recession and its aftermath of 2008-11. In single earner … couples during the recession, both men and women substantially increased their job search activity following a partner's job … search during recession did not appear to translate into more success in finding work for either men or women. Among dual …

fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …