FAMILY STRUCTURE, DETERIORATION OF THE LABOR MARKET AND INEQUALITY IN SPAIN DURING 2008-2017

Abstract

This paper examines how the deterioration of the Spanish labor market, following the economic crisis of 2008, has affected household labor and economic inequality according to family structure. To do this, using data from the Living Conditions Survey, we compared the situation of single-parent and two-parent households in terms of labor intensity and low income from work. The main results show that, in relation to labor intensity, both in the period of economic crisis and in the subsequent recovery period, the advantage that single-parent families had with respect to two-parent families has decreased. On the other hand, although single-parent households have a greater probability of experiencing labor income poverty, the difference with two-parent households has not varied throughout the study period.