Marriage, wealth, and unemployment duration
Subtitle: a gender asymmetry puzzle
By: by Rasmus Lentz, Torben Tranæs.
Contributors: Tranæs, Torben
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1607; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1607
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This note presents evidence of the following gender asymmetry: the job-finding effort of married men and women is affected by the income of their spouses in opposite directions. For women, spouse income influences job finding negatively, just as own wealth does: the more the man earns and the wealthier the woman is, the longer it takes for her to find a job. The contrary is the case for men, where spouse income affects job finding positively: the more the wife earns, the faster the husband finds a job. This is so despite the fact that greater own wealth also prolongs unemployment spells for men. These findings are hard to reconcile with the traditional economic model of the family"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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