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Women's Incomes and Marital Disruption in Europe
[Revenus féminins et désunion en Europe]

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  • Bruno Jeandidier

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Lucile Bodson

    (CEPS/INSTEAD - Centre d'Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques / International Networks for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development - Centre d'Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques / International Networks for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development)

Abstract

The empirical literature shows, first, that the relationship between women's income and the risk of marital disruption differs from one study to the other, and second, that European studies on this topic are very rare. Therefore, we test this relationship for ten European countries using data from the European Community Households Panel. We find a positive relationship between women's income and the risk of disruption. The positive relationship is mainly due to two opposite extreme situations: housewives having no personal income at all (low risk of separation), and employed wives who contribute significantly more than their partners to the couple's income (high risk of separation).

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  • Bruno Jeandidier & Lucile Bodson, 2012. "Women's Incomes and Marital Disruption in Europe [Revenus féminins et désunion en Europe]," Post-Print hal-02105174, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02105174
    DOI: 10.3917/reco.632.0235
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