Business Cycles and Divorce: Evidence from Microdata.

ABSTRACT: We use individual-level data to show that divorce is pro-cyclical on average, a finding robust to the inclusion of a wide range of controls. Pro-cyclical divorce is concentrated among women who married young and/or do not have a college degree.

SUBMITTER: Hellerstein JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3638965 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature