Arbeitspapier
Man-cessions, Fiscal Policy, and the Gender Composition of Employment
In recessions, predominantly men lose their jobs, which has given rise to the term "man-cessions". 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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8948
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Demographic Economics: General
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- Thema
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employment
gender
fiscal policy
business cycles
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bredemeier, Christian
Jüßen, Falko
Winkler, Roland
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bredemeier, Christian
- Jüßen, Falko
- Winkler, Roland
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2015