Lost jobs, broken marriages |
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Authors: | Marcus Eliason |
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Affiliation: | 1. The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20, Uppsala, Sweden 2. Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Abstract: | 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. |
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