This repository contains the codes and outputs necessary to reproduce the article "" by Matysiak et al. (2024).
The files stored in the repository are split into the following directories:
Codes.
The code directory includes:
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Data preparation: This folder includes the STATA codes used for merging and preparing the data.
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Data analysis: This folder includes Stata codes used for all the results and graphs included in the Matysiak et al. (2024) paper.
Contextual data: The folder includes the country data variables used in the analyses.
Article abstract
Recent changes in labour markets have increased employment instability. Under these conditions, in male breadwinner families women might increase their labour supply when their male partners become unemployed. Previous studies have extensively investigated the role played by household and individual characteristics in explaining such increases in the labour supply of women. However, studies which examine the moderating role of specific welfare policies are missing. Our study contributes to the literature by investigating the moderating effect of childcare and tax-benefit policies for the labour supply response of women following the unemployment of their partner. We focus on a sample of 24 EU member states and the UK, during the period 2009-2019, combining longitudinal microdata from EU-SILC with country-period specific policy indicators generated with the use of the tax-benefit simulation model EUROMOD, UKMOD and country-period specific indicators of childcare use.