Unemployment determinantes for women in Spain

  1. Nieves Lázaro Pardo 1
  2. María Luisa Moltó Carbonell 1
  3. Rosario Sánchez Pérez 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revista:
Working papers = Documentos de trabajo: Serie EC - (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas)

Any de publicació: 1995

Número: 15

Pàgines: 1-22

Tipus: Document de treball

Resum

Spain is one of the OCDE countries where the unemployment rate is higher. Some explanations stress the important role played by unemployment spells in relation to entry rates to the unemployment pool. Long-term unemployment rates are particular& high for women in Spain. Xhe object of this paper is to investigate the determinants of unemployment duration for women. We will consider personal characteristics (education and age), fami& background socioeconomic variables (the number of household earners and household income) and the efSect of unemployment benefits, using data from the Household Expenditure Survey 1990-91.