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The Effect of Job Displacement on Couples' Fertility Decisions
Huttunen, Kristiina - 2012
This paper analyzes the effects of job displacement on fertility using Finnish Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data … possible channels through which job loss affects fertility we examine also the effect on earnings, employment and divorce. The … results show that woman's own job loss decreases fertility mainly for highly educated women. For every 100 displaced females …
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Immigrants and Demography : Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility
Adserà, Alícia - 2014
dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057911
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With or Without You : Divorce Rates and Intra-Household Allocation of Time
Tabasso, Domenico - 2011
This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently likely to decrease the risk of divorce. All such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132570
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Parental Divorce and Generalized Trust
Viitanen, Tarja K. - 2011
This paper examines the effect of parental divorce during childhood on generalized trust later on in life using Australian HILDA panel data. The dependent variable is composed of answers to the statement: “Generally speaking, most people can be trusted.” The main explanatory variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121549
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The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce
Halla, Martin - 2009
Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different timing of reforms across states and the control group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157742
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Less Alimony after Divorce : Spouses' Behavioral Response to the 2008 Alimony Reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia - 2017
The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals adapted to these changed rulings in terms of labor supply, the intra-household allocation of leisure, and marital stability. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and...
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Divorce, Abortion and Children's Sex Ratio : The Impact of Divorce Reform in China
Sun, Ang - 2014
This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property rights after separation. We use this improvement in...
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How Does Parental Divorce Affect Children's Long-Term Outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang - 2016
Numerous papers report a negative association between parental divorce and child outcomes. To provide evidence whether this correlation is driven by a causal effect, we exploit idiosyncratic variation in the extent of sexual integration in fathers' workplaces: Fathers who encounter more women in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990882
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Divorced Fathers' Proximity and Children's Long Run Outcomes : Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data
Kalil, Ariel - 2010
This study examines the link between divorced nonresident fathers' proximity and children's long-run outcomes using high-quality data from Norwegian population registers. We follow (from birth to young adulthood) 15,992 children born into married households in Norway in the years 1975-1979 whose...
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How Unilateral Divorce Affects Children
Caceres-Delpiano, Julio; Giolito, Eugenio P. - 2021
Using U.S. Census data for the years 1960-1980, we study the impact of unilateral divorce on outcomes of children (age 6-15) and their mothers. We find that the reform increased mothers' divorce, decreased family income and increased the fraction of mothers below the poverty line. For children,...
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