Contrary to previous studies treating divorce as a couple’s decision, we make a distinction between ‘his’, ‘her’, and ‘their’ divorce by using information about who initiated divorce. Using competing risk analysis, we re-examine four well-known determinants of divorce: (i) the wife’s employment, (ii) the financial situation of the household, (iii) the presence of children, and (iv) the quality of the match. Because existing arguments on the underlying mechanisms focus on the relative costs and benefits of a divorce for the wife, the husband and/or the couple, this approach offers new insights into the validity of competing theories. Our results confirm some theoretical interpretations, but they refute others. Furthermore, our findings...
At the end of the 1960s, the U.S. divorce laws underwent major changes and the divorce rate more tha...
Objective: To examine the association between divorce and partners' allocation of paid and unpaid wo...
The Family Resources Survey was used to identify the characteristics of the divorced population and ...
Contrary to previous studies treating divorce as a couple’s decision, we make a distinction between ...
Contrary to previous studies treating divorce as a couple’s decision, we make a distinction between ...
The rise in the divorce rate over the past 40 years is one of the fundamental changes in American so...
This paper presents a model that seeks to explain why females enter marriages that have a high proba...
The impact of marital separation and divorce on individuals varies widely, depending on a range of f...
This article employs event-history analysis of couple-level data from two waves of the Na-tional Sur...
Escalating divorce rates during the 1960s and 1970s led to large numbers of academic investigations ...
At the end of the 1960s, the U.S. divorce laws underwent major changes and the divorce rate more tha...
We present a model in which couples first match in the marriage markets and, on the basis of their r...
<p><strong>Objective:</strong> with regard to his human and social nature, sympathy is required that...
Over recent decades, we have witnessed drastic changes in American family structure. Previous studi...
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 07, 'The divorced and who divorces' by Kathleen Ki...
At the end of the 1960s, the U.S. divorce laws underwent major changes and the divorce rate more tha...
Objective: To examine the association between divorce and partners' allocation of paid and unpaid wo...
The Family Resources Survey was used to identify the characteristics of the divorced population and ...
Contrary to previous studies treating divorce as a couple’s decision, we make a distinction between ...
Contrary to previous studies treating divorce as a couple’s decision, we make a distinction between ...
The rise in the divorce rate over the past 40 years is one of the fundamental changes in American so...
This paper presents a model that seeks to explain why females enter marriages that have a high proba...
The impact of marital separation and divorce on individuals varies widely, depending on a range of f...
This article employs event-history analysis of couple-level data from two waves of the Na-tional Sur...
Escalating divorce rates during the 1960s and 1970s led to large numbers of academic investigations ...
At the end of the 1960s, the U.S. divorce laws underwent major changes and the divorce rate more tha...
We present a model in which couples first match in the marriage markets and, on the basis of their r...
<p><strong>Objective:</strong> with regard to his human and social nature, sympathy is required that...
Over recent decades, we have witnessed drastic changes in American family structure. Previous studi...
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 07, 'The divorced and who divorces' by Kathleen Ki...
At the end of the 1960s, the U.S. divorce laws underwent major changes and the divorce rate more tha...
Objective: To examine the association between divorce and partners' allocation of paid and unpaid wo...
The Family Resources Survey was used to identify the characteristics of the divorced population and ...