Man-cessions, fiscal policy, and the gender composition of employment

dc.contributor.author	Bredemeier, Christian
dc.contributor.author	Juessen, Falko
dc.contributor.author	Winkler, Roland
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-24T12:05:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-03-24T12:05:37Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2003/33950
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-7007
dc.language.iso	en	de
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Discussion Paper / SFB 823;07/2015
dc.subject	employment	en
dc.subject	business cycles	en
dc.subject	fiscal policy	en
dc.subject	gender	en
dc.subject.ddc	310
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.ddc	620
dc.title	Man-cessions, fiscal policy, and the gender composition of employment	en
dc.type	Text	de
dc.type.publicationtype	workingPaper	de
dcterms.accessRights	open access

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