The impact of job loss on family dissolution

Doiron, Denise; Mendolia, Silvia

doi:10.1007/s00148-010-0353-5

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“…We should also keep in mind that partners are dropped from the sample when they separate or divorce and it is possible that the dismissal"s effect plays a significant role in this decision (See Doiron and Mendolia, 2011).…”

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The impact of husband’s job loss on partners’ mental health

Mendolia

2012

Rev Econ Household

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The impact of husband’s job loss on partners’ mental health

Mendolia

2012

Rev Econ Household

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“…The interaction term between the attrition dummy and the spousal job loss variable is also statistically insignificant for both genders, thus demonstrating that the cross-partner spillovers that we identify are not disproportionally higher or lower for survey dropouts. 16,17 A related issue arises from the fact that partners may drop from the sample due to divorce or separation, which could be partly induced by the job loss episode (Doiron and Mendolia 2012;Eliason 2012;Hansen 2005;Rege et al 2007). By construction, our sample comprises cohabiting couples, which may be a self-selected sample of all couples experiencing unemployment.…”

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Your spouse is fired! How much do you care?

Nikolova

Ayhan

2018

J Popul Econ

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This study is the first to provide a causal estimate of the cross-spouse subjective well-being consequences of unemployment. Using German panel data on married and cohabiting partners for 1991-2015 and information on exogenous unemployment entry due to workplace closure, we show that one spouse's unemployment experience reduces the life satisfaction of the other partner. The estimated spillover is at least one quarter of the effect of own unemployment and is equally pronounced among female and male partners. In addition, while wives' life satisfaction does not recover even two years after their partners becoming unemployed, husbands only react to their wives' joblessness during the first year of unemployment. Our results are insensitive to income controls and the couple's position in the income distribution, thus reflecting the non-pecuniary costs of unemployment. Although the income loss hardly explains the negative spillover effects of unemployment on spousal life satisfaction, we document large declines in spousal satisfaction with household income and living standards. This finding supports the argument that the costs of unemployment borne by indirectly affected spouses extend beyond the loss of consumption opportunities and might be rather related to social values attached to market work. Being robust to a battery of sensitivity checks, our findings imply that public policy programs aimed at mitigating unemployment's negative consequences need to target not only those directly affected but also cohabiting spouses. J Popul Econ

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“…The least skilled are also more likely to be workless (Grinyer, 2006;Denny, Harman & O'Sullivan, 2003;Dearden, McIntosh, Myck & Vignoles, 2002;Machin, McIntosh, Vignoles. & Viitanen, 2001;Vignoles, de Coulon, & Marcenaro-Gutierrez, 2011;Groot & Massed van der Brink, 2006), as are those experiencing family instability (Doiron & Mendolia, 2011) and poor physical and mental health (McKeeRyan, Song, Wamberg & Kinicki, 2005). An established body of literature has shown the association between poor mental health and wellbeing and unemployment, with the relationship being particularly strong for men (e.g.…”

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