Gender differences in the added (home) worker effect

Jim Been, Eduard Suari-Andreu and Daan Wisselo

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 244, issue C

Abstract: This study combines the literature on home production and on the added worker effect as households’ self-insurance mechanisms against unemployment. Exploiting Dutch panel data with detailed information on time use categories and subjective job loss expectations, we estimate the causal effect of an unforeseen job loss on spouses’ time use decisions regarding paid work and home production. In the analysis we explicitly differentiate between males and females who experience sudden unemployment. We find no effect on the intensive or extensive margins of spousal labor supply or on spousal time in home production.

Keywords: Job loss; Added worker; Home production; Subjective expectations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 E24 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111998

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