. Effects are positive and persistent for fathers who remain unemployed or have a working partner, but reverse after re …-employment. We also find significant changes for female partners as well as in the cumulative household time investments and the …

. Effects are positive and persistent for fathers who remain unemployed or have a working partner, but reverse after re …-employment. We also find significant changes for female partners as well as in the cumulative household time investments and the …

firms, 3) partly offset by unemployment benefits, and 4) amplified by concurrent drops in partners’ earnings. On net …, household income falls by about $0.80 for each $1 lost in own earnings. …

The assumption that household income is strongly and positively correlated with a household's real standard of living … earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model of the household with young children present, that this assumption is not … modelling and numerical simulations based on survey data, that household income is a poor indicator of household well-being. …

small, about -0:04. While the wives' earnings gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss, public …. The presence and ages of children in the household are crucial determinants of the wife's labor supply response. The most … explanation for the limited scope of intra-household insurance. …

We study the effectiveness of intra-household insurance among married couples when the husband loses his job due to a … gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss and, in the short-term, public transfers and taxes are a … more important form of insurance. We show that the presence of children in the household is a crucial determinant of the …

. Effects are positive and persistent for fathers who remain unemployed or have a working partner, but reverse after re …-employment. We also find significant changes for female partners as well as in the cumulative household time investments and the …

. Effects are positive and persistent for fathers who remain unemployed or have a working partner, but reverse after re …-employment. We also find significant changes for female partners as well as in the cumulative household time investments and the …

exogenous shock on paternal availability, through a job loss, on the intra-household allocation of domestic work. We find that … on weekends. Effects are positive and persistent for fathers who remain unemployed or have a working partner, but reverse … after re-employment. We also find significant changes for female partners as well as in cumulative household time …