@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8948,
            	author={Bredemeier, Christian and Juessen, Falko and Winkler, Roland},
            	title={Man-cessions, Fiscal Policy, and the Gender Composition of Employment},
            	year={2015},
	month={Mar},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={8948},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8948},
	abstract={In recessions, predominantly men lose their jobs, which has given rise to the term "man-cessions". We analyze whether fiscal expansions bring men back into jobs. To do so, we estimate vector-autoregressive models and identify the effects of fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to stabilize the level of employment along with its composition.},
	keywords={employment;gender;fiscal policy;business cycles},
            }