Husband's Unemployment and Wife's Labor Supply: The Added Worker Effect Across Europe

Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian; Rulff, Christian

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“…In doing so, we follow Bredtmann et al. (2018) and group host countries according to a modified Esping‐Andersen welfare regime typology (Esping‐Andersen, 1990). As illustrated by Panel (d) of Figure 1, we see some, though not strong (and not statistically significant) differences in the cultural effect across different groups of host countries.…”

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Culture and the labor supply of female immigrants

Bredtmann

Otten

2022

Economic Inquiry

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This paper analyzes the impact of source-country culture on the labor supply of female immigrants in Europe. We find that the labor supply of immigrant women is positively associated with the female-to-male labor force participation ratio in their source country, which serves as a proxy for the country's preferences and beliefs regarding women's roles. This suggests that the culture and norms of their source country play an important role for immigrant women's labor supply. However, contradicting previous evidence for the U.S., we do not find evidence that the cultural effect persists through the second generation.

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“…First, we analyze whether the role of source-country culture differs across immigrants' host countries. In doing so, we follow Bredtmann et al (2018) and group host countries according to a modified Esping-Andersen welfare regime typology (Esping-Andersen, 1990).…”

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Culture and the labor supply of female immigrants

Bredtmann

Otten

2022

Economic Inquiry

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“…Despite this effect is well known in theoretical models, the existing empirical studies do not reach consensus on its magnitude or even its existence (see for example, Tano, 1993;Maloney, 1991;Lundberg, 1985). In the most recent literature, Bredtmann et al (2017) finds evidence for the existence of an added worker effect, using data covering 28 European countries from 2004 to 2013, while they also reveal that the added worker effect varies over both the business cycle and the different welfare regimes within Europe. 13 The benefits of specific policy instruments for female employment have been examined in the literature (see, for example, Jaumotte (2003) and Kinoshita and Guo (2015)).…”

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Countercyclical fiscal policy and gender employment: evidence from the G-7 countries

Akitoby

Honda

Miyamoto

2022

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

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Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We answer this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 countries. Using the local projection method, we find that, during recessions, a positive fiscal spending shock increases female employment more than male employment, contributing to gender employment equality. Our findings are driven by disproportionate employment changes in female-friendly industries, occupations, and part-time jobs in response to fiscal spending shocks. The analysis suggests that fiscal stimulus, particularly during recessions, could achieve the twin objectives of supporting aggregate demand and improving gender gaps.

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“…The third mechanism is household labour supply. The existence of other earners in the household is a critical source for limiting losses in household income (Figari et al, 2010) and labour supply response (e.g., added worker effect) is an additional source, but significant mainly in recessionary periods and only for countries with weaker social security, such as the UK (Bredtmann et al, 2018;Bryan & Longhi, 2018).…”

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Insured Privately? Wealth Stratification of Job Loss in the UK

Bedük

2023

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Job loss is a significant income shock that can lead to declines in living standards and satisfaction. Wealth can provide a key resource in stratifying the risk and the consequences of such an event. In this article, I examine the extent to which wealth stratified the experience of job loss in the UK from 1991 to 2008. I distinguish between different wealth groups using information on homeownership and home value of primary residency, and then study whether these groups face different risks and/or consequences of job loss. The results show that renters were a significantly disadvantaged group compared to homeowners during the observation period. Not only did they faced a significantly higher risk of job loss, they also experienced greater declines in earnings, household income, and life satisfaction, and larger increases in income poverty in the year of job loss. Among homeowners, the risk and consequences of job loss were similar. In a country like the UK with minimal public insurance for unemployment, homeownership appears to provide a significant source of stratification for job loss.

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Husband's Unemployment and Wife's Labor Supply: The Added Worker Effect Across Europe

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Culture and the labor supply of female immigrants

Culture and the labor supply of female immigrants

Countercyclical fiscal policy and gender employment: evidence from the G-7 countries

Insured Privately? Wealth Stratification of Job Loss in the UK

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