Harsh times: Do stressors lead to labor market losses?

Petri Böckerman () and Terhi Maczulskij

No 313, Working Papers from Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of past stressful life events on subsequent labor market success using data on twins matched to comprehen-sive register-based, individual-level information on income and emplo-yment status. The long-term labor market outcomes are measured during 20-year follow-up. We use the within-twin method to account for unob-servable family and genetic confounders. The twin design reveals three important findings. First, stressors lead to worse labor market outcomes. Second, men are more affected by financial and job-related stressors, whi-le women are more affected by family stressors. Third, the negative ef-fects that stressors have on labor market outcomes diminish as time passes.

Keywords: Stressors; Stressful life events; Employment; Earnings; Co-twin control; Twins (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2017-05-18
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Journal Article: Harsh times: do stressors lead to labor market losses? (2019)
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