Are Female-Breadwinner Couples Always Less Stable? Evidence from French Administrative Data.

ABSTRACT: The paper studies the association between partners' relative incomes and union dissolution among couples in France. With the increase in dual-earner couples and women's educational level, couples in which women earn more than their partners are structurally becoming more widespread. Because female breadwinning challenges long-lived social norms regarding traditional gender roles, scholars have theorized a higher risk of union dissolution among female-breadwinner couples compared to couples in other income arrangements. We estimate the risk of union dissolution using regression analyses on unique longitudinal data from French administrative sources containing an unconventionally high number of couples (4% of the population) and separation events (more than 100,000), as well as precise and r

SUBMITTER: Ferrari G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11176142 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature