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| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 20160060 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 6 Jun 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Date | Accepted/In press - 6 Nov 2016 |
| Date | E-pub ahead of print - 6 Jun 2017 |
| Date | Published (current) - 26 Jan 2018 |
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In this paper we document that married individuals face a lower unemployment rate than their single counterparts. We refer to this phenomenon as the marriage unemployment gap. Despite dramatic demographic changes in the labor market over the last decades, this gap has been remarkably stable both for men and women. Using a flow-decomposition exercise, we assess which transition probabilities (across labor force states) are behind this phenomenon: For men, the main driver is the higher job losing probabilities faced by single workers. For females, the participation margin also plays a crucial role.
