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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- ©2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
- ISSN
- 1935-1690
- eISSN
- 1935-1690
- DOI
- 10.1515/bejm-2016-0060
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractIn this paper we document that married individuals face a lower unemployment rate than their single counterparts. We refer to this phenomenon as the marriage unemployment gap. Despite dramatic demographic changes in the labor market over the last decades, this gap has been remarkably stable both for men and women. Using a flow-decomposition exercise, we assess which transition probabilities (across labor force states) are behind this phenomenon: For men, the main driver is the higher job losing probabilities faced by single workers. For females, the participation margin also plays a crucial role.
Journal
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics – de Gruyter
Published: Jan 26, 2018