Autor(en): | Bredemeier, Christian Juessen, Falko Winkler, Roland |
Titel: | Man-cessions, fiscal policy, and the gender composition of employment |
Sprache (ISO): | en |
Zusammenfassung: | In recessions, predominantly men lose their jobs, which has given rise to the term ”mancessions”. We analyze whether fiscal expansions bring men back into jobs. To do so, we estimate vector-autoregressive models and identify the effects of fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to stabilize the level of employment along with its composition. |
Schlagwörter: | employment business cycles fiscal policy gender |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/33950 http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-7007 |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Enthalten in den Sammlungen: | Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 823 |
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DP_0715_SFB823_Bredemeier_Juessen_Winkler.pdf | DNB | 269.53 kB | Adobe PDF | Öffnen/Anzeigen |
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