RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Emotional Toll of Long-Term Unemployment: Examining the Interaction Effects of Gender and Marital Status
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 222
OP 244
DO 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.10
VO 3
IS 3
A1 Gokce Basbug
A1 Ofer Sharone
YR 2017
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/3/3/222.abstract
AB Prior research shows that long-term unemployment (LTU) generates a negative emotional toll but leaves unexplored how such toll varies by gender and marital status. Using a mixed-methods approach we examine how the negative emotional toll of LTU is shaped by the interaction of gender and marital status. Our qualitative findings suggest that more unemployed married men than women experience marital tensions that exacerbate the emotional toll of unemployment. Our analysis of survey data show that while marriages improve the well-being of both unemployed men and women, for married men but not women such benefits disappear once we control for household income. These findings contribute to the existing literature by deepening our understanding of how gender and marital status mediate the emotional toll of LTU.