worsening of unemployment conditions (discouraged worker effect). We find that married women whose husbands are unemployed or … likely to increase their labor force participation. However, a worsening of overall unemployment conditions appears to have a … discouraging effect on wives' labor supply response, wives tend to decrease their labor participation when unemployment rate in …

This paper is the first to estimate the effect of one partner's entry into unemployment on the mental health of both … unemployment (plant closure) and applies a regression-adjusted semiparametric difference-in-difference matching strategy, which is …, unemployment decreased mental health by 25% of a standard deviation for the unemployed individuals themselves and by 23% of a …

Studies on health effects of unemployment usually neglect spillover effects on spouses. This study specifically … investigates the effect of an individual’s unemployment on the mental health of their spouse. In order to allow for causal … interpretation of the estimates, it focuses on an exogenous entry into unemployment (i.e. plant closure), and combines difference …