Data and Code for 'Job Displacement, Family Dynamics and Spousal Labor Supply'

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Martin Halla, Johannes Kepler University Linz, IZA and GOEG; Julia Schmieder, DIW Berlin, WU Vienna, IZA; Andrea Weber, Central European University, CEPR and IZA

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Project Citation: 

Halla, Martin , Schmieder, Julia, and Weber, Andrea. Data and Code for “Job Displacement, Family Dynamics and Spousal Labor Supply.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-09-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112184V1

Project Description

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We provide the data and code (in STATA) for the project 'Job Displacement, Family Dynamics and Spousal Labor Supply'.

In this project, we study the effectiveness of intra-household insurance among married couples when the husband loses his job due to a mass layoff or plant closure. Empirical results based on Austrian administrative data show that husbands suffer persistent employment and earnings losses, while wives’ labor supply increases moderately due to extensive margin responses. Wives’ earnings gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss and, in the short-term, public transfers and taxes are a more important form of insurance. We show that the presence of children in the household is a crucial determinant of the wives’ labor supply response.


Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources German Research Foundation (Priority Program 1764, WE 5070/1-1)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Firm events; Household labor supply; Intra-household insurance; Added Worker Effect
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D19 Household Behavior and Family Economics: Other
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J65 Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Austria
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1985 – 12/2012
Universe:  View help for Universe Sample as described in the paper 'Job Displacement, Family Dynamics, and Spousal Labor Supply"
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate NA
Sampling:  View help for Sampling NA
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Data source for main analysis:
Arbeitsmarktdatenbank (Public Employment Service Austria and Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, and Consumer Protection)
Statistics Austria 

Data source for further analyses:
European Values Study Group and World Values Survey Association
ILOSTAT Database

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Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit state ('Bundesland')

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