Lost jobs, broken marriages

This paper examines the impact of both husbands' and wives' job displacement on the risk that the marriage ends in divorce. Using Swedish-linked employee—employer data, all married couples in which one of the spouses lost his or her job because of an establishment closure in 1987 or 1988 a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of population economics 2012-10, Vol.25 (4), p.1365-1397
1. Verfasser:	Eliason, Marcus
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Children Coping Couples Demography disability Displaced workers Displacement Divorce Divorce rates earnings losses Economic impact Economic models Economic theory Economics Economics and Business Economics and Finance Ekonomi och näringsliv Employment evidence FAMILY health Husbands income Job change Job loss Labor Economics Layoffs marital dissolution Marital stability Marital status Marriage Married persons Men Original Paper Plant closings Plant closure Population Economics propensity score Shutdowns Social Policy Spouses Studies swedish Unemployment Wives
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper examines the impact of both husbands' and wives' job displacement on the risk that the marriage ends in divorce. Using Swedish-linked employee—employer data, all married couples in which one of the spouses lost his or her job because of an establishment closure in 1987 or 1988 and a comparison sample were identified. Over a 12-year period, the excess risk of divorce among couples' in which the husband was displaced was 13% and statistically significant. The estimated impact of wives' job displacements was of almost the same size, but not statistically significant.
ISSN:	0933-1433 1432-1475 1432-1475
DOI:	10.1007/s00148-011-0394-4