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The impact of a permanent income shock on the situation of women in the household: The case of a pension reform in Argentina
Berniell, Inés; de la Mata, Dolores; Machado, Matilde P. - 2017
may hold since their probability of divorce is close to zero. In this paper, we prove that the assumption is wrong, even … stability and women's bargaining power within the household. We find that the reform increased the probability of divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818730
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Marital Instability in the United States: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for Children
Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Son, Yeon Jeong - 2017
This paper surveys some of the main strands in the recent literature on the economics of divorce, with a focus on U ….S. studies. We begin with a discussion of changes over time in the divorce rate and the widening gap in marital instability by … different relationships by race and ethnicity. Compared to other developed economies, the divorce rate in the U.S. is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653231
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Women's Age at First Marriage and Marital Instability in the United States: Differences by Race and Ethnicity
Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Son, Yeon Jeong - 2017
The age at which women enter first marriage is known to be a major factor in marital instability. But to date possible differences by race/ ethnicity have not been examined. We use data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth to examine differences by race/ethnicity in the shape of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653357
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Age at marriage and marital instability: revisiting the Becker-Landes-Michael hypothesis
Lehrer, Evelyn Lilian - 2006
An early age at first marriage is known to be associated with a high risk of divorce. Yet it has been suggested that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332991
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Plant Closure and Marital Dissolution
Rege, Mari; Telle, Kjetil; Votruba, Mark - 2007
We estimate the effect of plant closure on divorce using a panel data set comprising more than 80,000 married couples … closure on divorce is not due to unexpected reduction in earnings. The results are, however, consistent with role theories, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968284
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Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2007
The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600674
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First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany -
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262492
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Public and private insurance with costly transactions
Bertola, Giuseppe; Koeniger, Winfried - 2010
We characterize how public insurance schemes are constrained by hidden financial transactions. When non-exclusive private insurance entails increasing unit transaction costs, public transfers are only partly offset by hidden private transactions, and can influence consumption allocation. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274703
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Why are household incomes more unequally distributed in China than in Russia?
Gustafsson, Björn; Shi, Li; Nivorozhkina, Ludmila - 2010
Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent in Russia 2003. A much larger urban to rural income gap in combination with a much smaller proportion of people living in urban areas in China are important reasons for this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278498
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Economic gains from publicly provided education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2007
The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided educa-tion and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324245