Bubonya, Melisa; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Wooden, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This study examines the impact of involuntary job loss on the mental health of family members. Estimates from fixed …-effects panel data models, using panel data for Australia, provide little evidence of any negative spillover effect on the mental … health of husbands as a result of their wives' job loss. The mental well-being of wives, however, declines following their …