I investigate the intra-household labor and resource allocation consequences of an employment guarantee targeting rural …, the labor force participation of married women and total time worked by their husbands. The guarantee accounts for up to … 30% of a recent countrywide decrease in rural female labor force participation. Though it increases household consumption …

affect the family structure itself. We study the impact of a labor market shock on divorce and intra-household allocation of …-specific labor market shock associated with the earthquake, with female workers experiencing much worse labor market conditions than … to the labor market shock, while the value of marriage remains high because of the family insurance provided by the …

The German labor market has undergone profound changes over the last decades. For a long time, the debate on structural … change focused on the shift from manufacturing industries to services. This Weekly Report highlights that labor market … significant proportion is attributable to servitization and skill-biased change. Further, to capture labor market changes, a …