unemployment rates affect the likelihood of divorce. With 89,340 observations over the 1978-2006 period for 7633 couples from the …In light of the current economic crisis, we estimate hazard models of divorce to determine how state and national … 1979 NLSY, we find mixed evidence on whether increases in the unemployment rate lead to overall increases in the likelihood …

worsening of unemployment conditions (discouraged worker effect). We find that married women whose husbands are unemployed or … likely to increase their labor force participation. However, a worsening of overall unemployment conditions appears to have a … discouraging effect on wives' labor supply response, wives tend to decrease their labor participation when unemployment rate in …

This paper estimates the effect of an individual's unemployment on the level of social participation of their spouse …. Using German panel data, it is shown that unemployment has a strong negative effect on public social activities of both …