The harmony and conflict arising from couples’ employment status

Publication type

Journal Article

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Publication date

August 2, 2021

Summary:

This paper investigates the effect of different employment statuses of partners/spouses, on eight metrics of harmony and conflict in the relationships of couples. We use longitudinal data from the United Kingdom covering the period 2009–2019 to examine the combination of a partner being self-employed or wage-employee, and their spouse being in either one of nine statuses (e.g. caring for family or home). We find that self-employment is more frequently observed in combinations of employment statuses which support harmony in couples, whereas wage-employment with combinations that offer security.

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Applied Economics Letters

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1959514

ISSN

13504851

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Link

- https://lib.essex.ac.uk/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1594911

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