The harmony and conflict arising from couples’ employment status

Nicholas Litsardopoulos and George Saridakis

Applied Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 29, issue 18, 1715-1718

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of different employment statuses of partners/spouses, on eight metrics of harmony and conflict in the relationships of couples. We use longitudinal data from the United Kingdom covering the period 2009–2019 to examine the combination of a partner being self-employed or wage-employee, and their spouse being in either one of nine statuses (e.g. caring for family or home). We find that self-employment is more frequently observed in combinations of employment statuses which support harmony in couples, whereas wage-employment with combinations that offer security.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1959514

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