Couple Formation in France: The Changing Importance of Labor Market Early Career Path |
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Authors: | Olivia Ekert-Jaffé Anne Solaz |
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Institution: | (1) Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques, 133 Boulevard Davout, 75 980 Paris, France |
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Abstract: | This article shows that couple formation and labor market early career path (as measured by unemployment, insecure employment,
and characteristics of the first job) are intrinsically linked. We use data from the 1997 ‘Jeunes et Carrières’ survey to
consider the experience of two different generations. We show that, with the arrival of mass unemployment, labor market early
career path has become an important factor in couple formation, while the effect of education has diminished for young men
in recent cohorts. The rise of the two-earner couple has gone hand-in-hand with greater symmetry between men and women in
terms of couple formation: specifically, unemployment now reduces couple formation for both sexes. Some more traditional aspects
persist however: (i) Women who are inactive on the labor market form couples earlier than do other women; (ii) Low wages in
the first job encourage (discourage) couple formation for women (men); (iii) Higher education favors men's couple formation,
but not that of working women; and (iv) Temporary work does not discourage couple formation by women.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | unemployment marriage cohabitation labor force attachment job insecurity family formation |
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