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Broeckel, Miriam and Andress, Hans-Juergen (2015). The Economic Consequences of Divorce in Germany: What Has Changed since the Turn of the Millennium? Comp. Popul. Stud., 40 (3). S. 277 - 313. WIESBADEN: BUNDESINSTITUT BEVOELKERUNGSFORSCHUNG. ISSN 1869-8999

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Abstract

Our analysis of data from almost 30 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study ( SOEP) shows that the economic consequences of divorce are still more negative for women than for men despite increased female labour force participation and, correspondingly, increased numbers of dual earner households. After reviewing recent shifts in the institutional fabric and the social structure of the conservative German welfare state with respect to families and marriage, the empirical analysis investigates the economic consequences of a sample of 844 men and 1,006 women in five dimensions: child custody, support payments, housing, employment, and economic well-being. Change is measured by comparing data from before and after the turn of the millennium. Overall, the analyses show that the economic consequences of divorce are still more negative for women than for men after the turn of the millennium, although female labour participation has increased and the public child care system was expanded. Nevertheless, some signs of change become visible indicating that the gains and losses of marital disruption are not unilaterally distributed among the genders. That men may also depend on incomes of their spouses can be seen for the increasing number of dual earner households. Moreover, after the turn of the millennium, economic dependence on public transfers increased not only for women but also for men.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Broeckel, Miriam UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Andress, Hans-Juergen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-418640
DOI:	10.12765/CPoS-2015-04en
Journal or Publication Title:	Comp. Popul. Stud.
Volume:	40
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 277 - 313
Date:	2015
Publisher:	BUNDESINSTITUT BEVOELKERUNGSFORSCHUNG
Place of Publication:	WIESBADEN
ISSN:	1869-8999
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DISSOLUTION; MOTHERS; PROBIT; MODELS; SWEDEN; LOGIT Multiple languages Demography Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/41864