Business cycles and divorce: Evidence from microdata

被引：13
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作者：
Hellerstein, Judith K. [1 ,2 ]
Morrill, Melinda Sandler [3 ]
Zou, Ben [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Econ & MPRC, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Econ, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 118卷 / 01期
关键词：
Divorce; Marital dissolution; Business cycles; Unemployment rate;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econlet.2012.09.014
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We use individual-level data to show that divorce is pro-cyclical on average, a finding robust to the inclusion of a wide range of controls. Pro-cyclical divorce is concentrated among women who married young and/or do not have a college degree. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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