The long term effects of legalizing divorce on children
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- dc.contributor.author González Luna, Libertadca
- dc.contributor.author Viitanen, Tarja K.ca
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-26T10:50:34Z
- dc.date.available 2017-07-26T10:50:34Z
- dc.date.issued 2008-10-01
- dc.date.modified 2017-07-23T02:12:14Z
- dc.description.abstract We estimate the effect of divorce legalization on the long-term well-being of children. Our identification strategy relies on exploiting the different timing of divorce legalization across European countries. Using European Community Household Panel data, we compare the adult outcomes of cohorts who were raised in an environment where divorce was banned with cohorts raised after divorce was legalized in the same country. We also have control countries where all cohorts were exposed (or not exposed) to divorce as children, thus leading to a difference-in-differences approach. We find that women who grew up under legal divorce have lower earnings and income as well as worse health as adults compared with women who grew up under illegal divorce. These effects are not found for men. We find no effects of divorce legalization on children s family formation or dissolution patterns.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1122
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/413
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1122
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- dc.subject.keyword divorce
- dc.subject.keyword legislation
- dc.subject.keyword intergenerational effects
- dc.subject.keyword child outcomes
- dc.subject.keyword Labour, Public, Development and Health Economics
- dc.title The long term effects of legalizing divorce on childrenca
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