response to a sudden financial shock in family income, that is, unemployment of their partner. While previous empirical studies … and men and I also differentiate according to their partnership status (marriage vs. cohabitation). My aim is to evaluate …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …