... found evidence of the overall persistence of drivers over time, which generated substantial inertia in the settlement patterns of SAP national groups over the 2008 crisis. Practical implications We stressed how SAP have different settlement patterns and drivers, so they cannot be treated as a unicum...

... hours of work which appear to be crucial for the AWE to manifest. Findings The authors find that with the crisis progressing, Italian women respond ever less to the reduction in male earnings, at the same time they become more responsive to the job loss by male partner which is the worst outcome...