Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250360 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Documento de Trabajo No. 271
Publisher: 
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), La Plata
Abstract: 
Using longitudinal data for Argentina, this paper measures the labor supply reaction of different household members to a breadwinner's job loss. Firm events and local unemployment shocks are exploited as exogenous sources of variation to estimate the causal effect. Our main findings show that job loss by the male household head has a significant and substantial effect on the labor supply response of other household members, both at the extensive and intensive margin. While we do not find any effect on daughters, female partners and sons increase their labor market participation. The latter are also more likely to drop out from the educational system. These results are stronger among economically vulnerable households.
Subjects: 
job loss
labor supply
educational enrollment
developing country
JEL: 
J16
J21
J22
J65
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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