In this paper we study the relationship between female and male labour supply within Italian households, focusing on the reaction of women to the transitions from employment to unemployment of their partner. In literature the phenomenon of women entering in the labour market as a consequence of an unemployment episode of their partner is called Added-Worker Effect. The analysis is carried out over a long period of time, 2004-2019 on data from the Italian Labour Force Survey (ILFS). To identify the Added-Worker Effect, we adopt a differences-in-differences methodology. By exploiting the richness of information contained in the ILFS data on unemployment status and unemployment risk, we were able to evaluate different “dimensions” of the Added-Worker Effect.
How women react to their partners' work instability. The added-worker effect
Donata Favaro
;Anna Giraldo
2023
Abstract
In this paper we study the relationship between female and male labour supply within Italian households, focusing on the reaction of women to the transitions from employment to unemployment of their partner. In literature the phenomenon of women entering in the labour market as a consequence of an unemployment episode of their partner is called Added-Worker Effect. The analysis is carried out over a long period of time, 2004-2019 on data from the Italian Labour Force Survey (ILFS). To identify the Added-Worker Effect, we adopt a differences-in-differences methodology. By exploiting the richness of information contained in the ILFS data on unemployment status and unemployment risk, we were able to evaluate different “dimensions” of the Added-Worker Effect.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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