Martin Ehlert is a researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He has recently published journal articles in Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, and Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie.

• 1. Introduction, 2. Life Courses and Trigger Events: Theoretical Considerations, 3. Welfare State Institutions and Labor Market Trends, 4. Data and Methods, 5. The Incidence of Job Loss and Unemployment, 6. Income Trajectories After Job Loss, 7. Household Strategies to Buffer Job Loss, 8. Conclusion