Does unemployment insurance crowd out spousal labor supply?

被引：161

作者：

Cullen, JB ^{[1
]}

Gruber, J

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[2] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS | 2000年 / 18卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1086/209969

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Previous research on unemployment insurance (UI) has emphasized the program's effect on individual search behavior. This state-contingent income may also reduce the labor supply of family members during the unemployment spell. We investigate this question within the context of wives' labor supply responses to their husbands' unemployment spells. We find strong "crowdout" of this form of family self-insurance; our estimates imply chat fur each dollar of UI receipt wives earn up to 73 cents less. The reduction in spousal hours of work is over 40% as large as previous estimates of the effect of UI on search rime of husbands.

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页码：546 / 572

页数：27

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