Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142749 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
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SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research No. 841
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This study examined gender differences in the consequences of divorce for multiple measures of psychological, economic, and domestic well-being. I used household panel data from the German SOEP, retaining the link between initially married couples (N = 755) to compare both spouses over a period of up to four years before and after divorce. Findings showed that men were more vulnerable to short-term declines in subjective measures of well-being, whereas women experienced longer-term disadvantages in objective economic status. Taken together, these results suggest that women's disproportionate income strain is chronic, whereas men's disproportionate psychological and domestic strain is not.
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Working Paper

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