Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/147929 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10243
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines how a reduction in the financial resources available to lone parents affects repartnering. We exploit an Australian natural experiment that reduced the financial resources available to a subset of separating parents. Using biweekly administrative data capturing separations occurring among low and middle income couples, we show that the policy reform significantly increased the repartnering hazard for affected separating mothers, especially those with low labour force attachment. Reconciliation with the woman's prior partner drives this result. Complementary analysis of an annual panel survey demonstrates that repartnering impacts are also present over the five years post-separation and that the impact on repartnering hazards is increasing in the extent of financial loss and the urgency of the impact. Together, these results demonstrate that one way that lone mothers respond to a reduction in financial resources available at the time of relationship breakdown is by repartnering more quickly.
Subjects: 
repartnering
lone parents
relationship breakdown
JEL: 
J12
J18
H53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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