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dc.contributor.authorGonzález, Libertaden_US
dc.contributor.authorViitanen, Tarja K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-07en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:58:10Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:58:10Z-
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35765-
dc.description.abstractWe estimate the effect of divorce legalization on the long-term well-being of children. Our identification strategy relies on exploiting the different timing of divorce legalization across European countries. Using European Community Household Panel data, we compare the adult outcomes of cohorts who were raised in an environment where divorce was banned with cohorts raised after divorce was legalized in the same country. We also have control countries where all cohorts were exposed (or not exposed) to divorce as children, thus leading to a difference-in-differences approach. We find that women who grew up under legal divorce have lower earnings and income as well as worse health as adults compared with women who grew up under illegal divorce. These effects are not found for men. We find no effects of divorce legalization on children's family formation or dissolution patterns.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherIZA Bonnen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIZA discussion papers 3789en_US
dc.subject.jelJ12en_US
dc.subject.ddc330en_US
dc.subject.keywordDivorceen_US
dc.subject.keywordlegislationen_US
dc.subject.keywordintergenerational effectsen_US
dc.subject.keywordchild outcomesen_US
dc.subject.stwScheidungen_US
dc.subject.stwEherechten_US
dc.subject.stwKinderen_US
dc.subject.stwGenerationenbeziehungenen_US
dc.subject.stwLebensqualitäten_US
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten_US
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen_US
dc.titleThe long term effects of legalizing divorce on childrenen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.identifier.ppn58460386Xen_US
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen-
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