Have we come a long way? Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics to revisit the ‘pin money’ theory

DeRiviere, Linda

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.011

“…J A N UA RY / F E B R UA RY 2 0 1 0 1 1 7 See, for example, Stephens (2002). DeRiviere (2008) has estimated the size of a related effect called the "pin-money" hypothesis.…”

Section: Engemann and Wall F E D E R A L R E S E Rv E B A N K O F Stmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups

Engemann¹,

Wall²

2010

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The burdens of a recession are not spread evenly across demographic groups. As the public and media noticed, from the start of the current recession in December 2007 through June 2009 men accounted for more than three-quarters of net job losses. Other differences have garnered less attention but are just as interesting. During the same period, the employment of single people fell at more than twice the rate that it did for married people and the decline for black workers was one and a half times that for white workers. To provide a more complete understanding of the effect of recessions, this paper examines the different effects of this and previous recessions across a range of demographic categories: sex, marital status, race, age, and education level. employment experiences across a range of other demographic categories-marital status, race, age, and education. The purpose is to understand more about what recessions mean for people. Such information will, hopefully, give us an idea of what needs to be done to help policymakers address the effects of the current recession and better prepare for future ones.

show abstract

“…J A N UA RY / F E B R UA RY 2 0 1 0 1 1 7 See, for example, Stephens (2002). DeRiviere (2008) has estimated the size of a related effect called the "pin-money" hypothesis.…”

Section: Engemann and Wall F E D E R A L R E S E Rv E B A N K O F Stmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups

Engemann

¹

,

Wall

²

2009

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The burdens of a recession are not spread evenly across demographic groups. As the public and media noticed, from the start of the current recession in December 2007 through June 2009 men accounted for more than three-quarters of net job losses. Other differences have garnered less attention but are just as interesting. During the same period, the employment of single people fell at more than twice the rate that it did for married people and the decline for black workers was one and a half times that for white workers. To provide a more complete understanding of the effect of recessions, this paper examines the different effects of this and previous recessions across a range of demographic categories: sex, marital status, race, age, and education level. employment experiences across a range of other demographic categories-marital status, race, age, and education. The purpose is to understand more about what recessions mean for people. Such information will, hopefully, give us an idea of what needs to be done to help policymakers address the effects of the current recession and better prepare for future ones.

show abstract

“…The male breadwinner model suggests the earnings of female spouses are secondary, adding only "pin money" to their family income if they work (DeRiviere 2008). It also suggests wives are less likely to work, leaving the majority of families heavily dependent on husbands' earnings.…”

Section: The Male Breadwinner Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnic Variations in Immigrant Poverty Exit and Female Employment: The Missing Link

Kaida

¹

2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Despite widespread interest in poverty among recent immigrants and female immigrant employment, research on the link between the two is limited. This study evaluates the effect of recently arrived immigrant women’s employment on the exit from family poverty and considers the implications for ethnic differences in poverty exit. It uses the bivariate probit model and the Fairlie decomposition technique to analyze data from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC), a nationally representative survey of immigrants arriving in Canada, 2000–2001. Results show that the employment of recently arrived immigrant women makes a notable contribution to lifting families out of poverty. Moreover, the wide ethnic variations in the probability of exit from poverty between European and non-European groups are partially explained by the lower employment rates among non-European women. The results suggest that the equal earner/female breadwinner model applies to low-income recent immigrant families in general, but the male breadwinner model explains the low probability of poverty exit among select non-European groups whose female employment rates are notably low.

show abstract

Have we come a long way? Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics to revisit the ‘pin money’ theory

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups

The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups

The Effects of Recessions Across Demographic Groups

Ethnic Variations in Immigrant Poverty Exit and Female Employment: The Missing Link

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About