Changes in Mothers’ Earnings Around the Time of Divorce

Radenacker, Anke

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44575-1_4

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“…This still holds when pre-separation couple constellations and individual characteristics are taken into account. Radenacker (2020) finds that the employment and earnings of West German mothers who divorced between 2008 and 2015 increased considerably within a four-year window around separation, albeit remaining far below the levels necessary for financial independence. Brüggmann (2020) explores the employment and income effects of divorce for West German women between 2000 and 2005 and finds that marginal employment is reduced and regular employment is increased after divorce, but there is no impact on daily earnings.…”

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The Economic Well-Being of Nonresident Fathers and Custodial Mothers Revisited: The Role of Paternal Childcare

Boll

Schüller

2022

J Fam Econ Iss

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Based on panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1998 to 2018, we investigate the association between paternal childcare and parental economic well-being after separation in Germany. Referring to the post-separation year, we explore a sample of 176 separated couples with resident mothers and nonresident fathers, where fathers differ in their childcare involvement during weekdays. We propose equivalized annual net household income after exchange of alimony and child maintenance payments among the ex-partners as a novel indicator of parental economic well-being. Our study reveals the importance of considering both paid and received alimony, and child maintenance payments in analyzing post-separation economic well-being. Fathers’ childcare engagement during weekdays is not significantly associated with maternal post-separation income. Resident mothers take up the major or even full childcare burden. On the other hand, fathers with non-zero childcare hours manage to combine some paternal engagement with intensified employment. Mothers, however, fail to gain substantial ground on the labor market, which is unlikely to be due to differences in human capital, but rather due to persistently high maternal childcare involvement. We conclude that neither high levels of own resources, nor receiving help with childcare during the week shield resident mothers from economic deterioration after separation.

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The Economic Well-Being of Nonresident Fathers and Custodial Mothers Revisited: The Role of Paternal Childcare

Boll

Schüller

2022

J Fam Econ Iss

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“…As a result, even if we are able to pin-point the exact date when a policy reform came into force, the reform may have increased levels of public awareness much earlier. For example, Germany drastically curbed ex-spousal maintenance after divorce in 2008 (Radenacker 2020). As this policy process was covered in the media, it is likely that women who foresaw that they would get divorced had altered their employment behaviour well in advance of the actual date of the implementation of that reform.…”

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Causal Modelling in Fertility Research: A Review of the Literature and an Application to a Parental Leave Policy Reform

Kreyenfeld

2021

CPoS

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This paper reviews empirical studies that have examined the causal determinants of fertility behaviour. In particular, we compare the approaches adopted in the different disciplines to improve our understanding of how birth dynamics are influenced by changes in female employment and changes in family policies. The wide array of panel data that have become available in recent years provide great potential for advanced causal modelling in this field. Event history modelling has been a dominant approach in sociology and demography. However, researchers are increasingly turning to other methods to unravel causal effects, such as fixed-effects modelling, the regression discontinuity approach, and statistical matching. We summarise selected studies, and discuss the advantages and the shortcomings of the different approaches. In an empirical section, we analyse the impact of the German 2007 policy reform on birth behaviour to illustrate the difficulties involved in isolating policy effects. The final chapter concludes by underscoring that even simple modelling strategies may be beneficial for improving our understanding of how policy effects shape demographic behaviour, and for laying the groundwork for more fine-grained causal investigations. * This article belongs to a special issue on “Identification of causal mechanisms in demographic research: The contribution of panel data”.

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“…Hence, the responses of each gender to divorce are vastly different, leading to an argument that adjustment is a varied phenomenon for both genders. This is partially true due to gender traits: instrumental men and expressive women [ 19 ].…”

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“…Nevertheless, divorced women seek support from close family members, increasing their psychological well-being [ 19 ]. However, in Pakistan, they are perceived as troublemakers and are given only marginal support due to the social stigmatisation of divorce [ 37 ].…”

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Gender-based adjustment problems of divorcees in Hazara Division, Pakistan

Rubab,

Alam,

Shah

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Introduction Divorce is one of the harshest realities in Eastern societies worldwide because it is an intact component of the elementary social institution of the family. Grievously, divorce rates are escalating with profound ramifications for divorcees in Asia, including Pakistan. Therefore, exploring the challenges after divorce with gender-based dimensions in the Pakistani context was necessary, particularly in Hazara Division. Research methodology The study followed a pragmatic approach through snowball sampling and recruited 75 respondents. The data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire and analysed using IBM SPSS 25. For descriptive statistics, frequencies of quantitative responses were determined using percentages, means, and standard deviations. Then Chi-Square Test of Independence, Principal Component Analysis, and Multivariate Analysis of Covariance were performed to find an association between the dependent and independent variables. Results Results demonstrated that most divorcees face children-related issues followed by economic, social, and psychological issues that impede post-divorce adjustment of divorcees. Results showed that the immaturity of divorcees and gender-specific violence specifically for women make it challenging for them to cope with the situation and impede their growth after divorce. Results revealed that more than half of women and a few of men have custody of children after divorce; however, fight over custody of children is another major cause of delayed adjustment. Results presented that gender significantly influences women’s intensity of post-divorce adjustment constraints. Conclusion Therefore, it is concluded that regardless of gender, ongoing conflicts with ex-spouses or in-laws made the post-divorce adjustment of divorcees difficult. Divorcees are in a constant tug-of-war between fighting internal dilemmas, pursuing individualistic ideals, and fulfilling societal norms, values, and expectations. This battle complicates and prolongs their adjustments after divorce. The study suggests that institutional, psychosocial, and family support is critical to proactively relieve divorcees from resources and their children.

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Changes in Mothers’ Earnings Around the Time of Divorce

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

The Economic Well-Being of Nonresident Fathers and Custodial Mothers Revisited: The Role of Paternal Childcare

The Economic Well-Being of Nonresident Fathers and Custodial Mothers Revisited: The Role of Paternal Childcare

Causal Modelling in Fertility Research: A Review of the Literature and an Application to a Parental Leave Policy Reform

Gender-based adjustment problems of divorcees in Hazara Division, Pakistan

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