Unemployment Rate and Divorce
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This study investigates whether shifts in the unemployment rate affect the divorce probability of married and cohabiting couples. Compared to the match quality shocks utilized in the existing literature, unemployment rate movements are plausibly exogenous and affect individuals through both actual as well as potential loss of a job. I find that a rise in the unemployment rate in the wife’s sector increases the odds of a separation among cohabiting couples but not among married couples.
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