The Added Worker Effect and the Discouraged Worker Effect for Married Women in Australia

IZA

This 26-page discussion paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners' job losses) and the discouraged worker effect (workers withdrawing from the labour market because of failed searches) for married women in Australia, with the emphasis on the former

Xiaodong Gong

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-25