TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Guner, Nezih
AU  - Kulikova, Yuliya
AU  - Valladares-Esteban, Arnau
        TI  - Does the Added Worker Effect Matter?
        PY  - 2020/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12923
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12923
        AB  - The added worker effect (AWE) measures the entry of individuals into the labor force due to their partners' job loss. We propose a new method to calculate the AWE, which allows us to estimate its effect on any labor market outcome. We show that the AWE reduces the fraction of households with two non-employed members. The AWE also accounts for why women's employment is less cyclical and more symmetric compared to men. In recessions, while some women lose their employment, others enter the labor market and find jobs. This keeps the female employment relatively stable.
        KW  - household labor supply
KW  - intra-household insurance
KW  - female employment
KW  - cyclicality
KW  - skewness
        ER  -