Women’s labor market responses to their partners’ unemployment and low-pay employment

"This paper revisits the added worker effect. Using bivariate random-effects probit estimation on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel we show that women respond to their partners’ unemployment with an increase in labor market participation, which also leads to an increase in their employm...

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Main Authors: Keldenich, Carina, Knabe, Andreas
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Munich 2018
CESifo
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19304573124911227559-Women’s-labor-market-responses.htm
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author Keldenich, Carina
Knabe, Andreas
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Knabe, Andreas
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description "This paper revisits the added worker effect. Using bivariate random-effects probit estimation on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel we show that women respond to their partners’ unemployment with an increase in labor market participation, which also leads to an increase in their employment probability. Our analysis considers within- and between-effects separately, revealing differences in the relationships between women’s labor market statuses and their partners’ unemployment in the previous period (within-effect) and their partners’ overall probability of being unemployed (between-effect). Furthermore, we demonstrate that partners’ employment in low-paid jobs has an effect on women’s labor market choices and outcomes similar to that of his unemployment."
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is_hierarchy_title Women’s labor market responses to their partners’ unemployment and low-pay employment
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CESifo
spellingShingle Keldenich, Carina
Knabe, Andreas
women workers
labour supply
unemployment
family
low wages
Women’s labor market responses to their partners’ unemployment and low-pay employment
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title Women’s labor market responses to their partners’ unemployment and low-pay employment
topic women workers
labour supply
unemployment
family
low wages
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19304573124911227559-Women’s-labor-market-responses.htm