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
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8948

Klassifikation
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
employment
gender
fiscal policy
business cycles

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bredemeier, Christian
Jüßen, Falko
Winkler, Roland
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bredemeier, Christian
  • Jüßen, Falko
  • Winkler, Roland
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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