@techreport{Braakmann2010consequences,
abstract = {In this paper, I contrast the effects of individual and spousal disability on subjective wellbeing and labor supply using data on couples from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 1984 to 2006. I find that both men and women reduce their propensity to work when they or their partner become disabled. The effects of spousal disability are economically large. I find no evidence for hours and wage adjustments by spousal disability, although there are wage effects of individual disability. The life-satisfaction of women, but not of men, is reduced considerably by their partners&#x2019; disability. The effects are about 33 to 50% as large as those of individual disability. I also find no evidence that individuals adapt to their partners&#x2019; disability, although there is adaption to individual disability.},
address = {L\"{u}neburg},
author = {Nils Braakmann},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D64; I10; J14; 330; Disability; labor supply; subjective well-being; adaption; other-regarding preferences},
language = {eng},
number = {161},
publisher = {Univ., Inst. f\"{u}r Volkswirtschaftslehre},
title = {The consequences of own and spousal disability on labor market outcomes and subjective well-being: evidence from Germany},
type = {University of L\"{u}neburg Working Paper Series in Economics},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30234},
year = {2010}
}
