Unemployment and Families: A Review of Research

Strom, Sara S.

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“…We include unemployment as the fourth state because we believe it is important to make a distinction between non-participation in the labour market and unemployment, which has well-established negative consequences for subjective well-being (Ström, 2003;Clark, Georgellis, and Sanfey, 2001;Winkelmann, and Winkelmann, 1998;Goldsmith, Veum and Darity, Jr., 1996;Clark and Oswald, 1994).…”

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Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being In and Out of Management Positions

Trzcinski

Holst

2011

Soc Indic Res

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SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. AbstractThis study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self-reported subjective well-being was associated with occupying a high-level managerial position in the labour market, compared with employment in nonleadership, non-high-level managerial positions, unemployment, and non-labour market participation. Our results indicated that a clear hierarchy exists for men in term of how status within the labour market was associated with subjective life satisfaction. Unemployed men were the least satisfied, followed by men who were not in the labour market, while men in leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant differences were observed among women in high-level managerial positions, women who worked in non-high-level positions, and women who specialized in household production, with no market work. Only women who were unemployed reported lower levels of life satisfaction, compared with women in other labour-market statuses. Our results lend evidence to the contention that men can "have it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address how the non-pecuniary rewards associated with high-level managerial and leadership positions can be increased for women. Such policies would also likely serve to mitigate the "pipeline" problem concerning the number of women who are available to move into high positions in the private sector.1

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Section: Research Question and Hypothesesmentioning

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Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being In and Out of Management Positions

Trzcinski

Holst

2011

Soc Indic Res

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“…Much of this evidence, however, is unconvincing. The review by Ström (2003), for example, identifies 22 6 studies of the effect of unemployment on spousal well-being. Of these, 16 employ crosssectional data, and thus only provide evidence of correlation, while the six remaining longitudinal studies all involve very small samples (ranging from just 80 to 361 families).…”

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“…Empirical research on the effect of parental unemployment on children has tended to focus either on educational outcomes or on the physical health of children (see Ström 2003).…”

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“…Together these hurdles imply that many of our stylized "facts" about mental health and employment rest on statistical associations rather than causal estimates. Moreover, although it is widely accepted that there are likely to be spillover effects of job loss on the mental health of others, in particular on the family members of job losers (Ström 2003), empirical evidence on these effects remains scarce (Marcus 2013). A deeper understanding of 4 the pathways through which labor markets and mental health are linked is required to form sensible policies that can reduce the economic and social burden of mental illness.…”

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A Family Affair: Job Loss and the Mental Health of Spouses and Adolescents

2014

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“…Since the family is a site for the mediation of social and individual wellbeing, job loss affects more than just the unemployed individual (Strom 2003). Hanisch (1999: 206) concludes that there is 'no disagreement in the literature that future research should pursue understanding job loss from a family perspective'.…”

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Positive and negative impacts of job loss on family life: the perceptions of Australian car workers

Jolley¹,

Newman²,

Ziersch³

et al. 2011

Aust J Social Issues

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This article contributes to research on the impact of job loss on families. It is based on survey responses from 371 workers and in-depth interviews with 39 of them about the family impacts of their job loss from the Mitsubishi car factory in Adelaide in [2004][2005]. A majority of workers said family life had been affected by their job loss. Quantitative analysis identified four variables significantly associated with family impacts: marital status, children living at home, employment status and financial management. Qualitative responses showed the predominantly negative impacts were financial strain, loss of relationship stability, and general stress and worry, although few faced catastrophic impacts from their job loss. However, in contrast to most previous research, the in-depth interviews also revealed positive impacts from job loss, such as having more time at home and to spend with their family. We conclude that the existence of ongoing income support and public health insurance in Australia were important in avoiding catastrophic financial impacts on these workers and their families.

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Unemployment and Families: A Review of Research

Cited by 130 publications

References 78 publications

Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being In and Out of Management Positions

Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being In and Out of Management Positions

A Family Affair: Job Loss and the Mental Health of Spouses and Adolescents

Positive and negative impacts of job loss on family life: the perceptions of Australian car workers

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