Despite anecdotal evidence that recessions affect marriage and divorce rates, researchers do not agree about the direction and magnitude of the relationship. This paper reexamines the effect of business cycles on flows into and out of marriage, finding that increased unemployment rates are associated with reductions in both outcomes. The results are robust to the use of alternative measures of ...

Public health efforts to reduce divorce-induced adversities are gaining momentum and positive interventional outcomes of the online Cooperation After Divorce (CAD) digital platform for divorcees have been documented by previous research. However, it is unknown whether socioeconomic characteristics previously associated with prolonged divorce recovery also post-divorce intervention efficacy, if ...

There is scarce empirical evidence on the relation between migration and child health in Moldova and Georgia-two post-Soviet countries with large out-migration flows in the region. This study uses nationally representative data collected in 2011-2012 in Moldova (N = 1601) and Georgia (N = 1193) to investigate how children's health associates with five transnational characteristics: migrant and ...

After years of changes to divorce laws, the optimal balance between keeping marriages intact, despite sustained spousal con‡ict, and allowing for divorce is still a subject of heated policy debate. To explore the tradeo¤s, I construct a model of household bargaining with information asymmetries which may generate Pareto ine¢ cient outcomes. Parameters of the model are estimated using data on al...

In the present study, it has been investigated about the effect of the virtual network (Telegram) on the emotional divorce among the young couples. The research method was a social survey including 100 married persons who were members of Telegram. They were selected randomly among the students of University of Payam Noor in Babol, on the basis of Cochran's table. Surveying tool was a questionna...

The Risk of Divorce and Household Saving Behavior We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a theoretical perspective, the expected sign of the effect is ambiguous. We take advantage of the legalization of divorce in Ireland in 1996 as an exogenous increase in the likelihood of marital dissolution. We analyze the saving behaviou...

OBJECTIVE To assess blood pressure (BP) reactivity as recently separated adults completed a laboratory task asking to mentally reflect on their relationship experiences. Marital separations and the experience of divorce are associated with increased risk for early mortality and poor health outcomes. Few studies, however, have investigated the potential psychophysiological mechanisms that may ac...