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Gender Differences in the Social Consequences of Unemployment

How Job Loss Affects the Risk of Becoming Socially Isolated

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ID2374476
AuthorsJan Eckhard (0000-0001-5033-1025, Heidelberg University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume36
Issue1
Pages3-20
Publication date2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017020967903
OpenAlexW3107910117
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited39

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the study examines whether the impact of unemployment on the risk of becoming socially isolated is different for women and men and whether it can be traced back to financial straits. An isolating effect of unemployment is found only with regard to men, to long-term unemployment, and to social isolation in terms of scarce contact to friends and family. There is no such effect with regard to women, to short-time unemployment, and to social isolation in terms of a non-participation in civic associations. It is also found that the isolating impact of unemployment is only to a small extent attributable to the financial situation of the unemployed

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · German · Isolation (microbiology · Job loss · Labour economics · Longitudinal data · Panel data · Social isolation · Sociology · Unemployment · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
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