Her House, His Pension? The Division of Assets Among (Ex-) Couples and the Role of Policy

Joseph, Ricky; Rowlingson, Karen

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“…The within‐couple wealth inequalities are explained, for instance, as resulting from the disrupted employment histories of women, which reduce their savings (Grabka et al, ). Evidence for gender inequality in individual wealth in married couples has also been found, for example, in Britain (Joseph & Rowlingson, ; Kan & Laurie, ).…”

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Individual Wealth and Subjective Financial Well‐being in Marriage: Resource Integration or Separation?

Lersch

2017

J of Marriage and Family

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Economic wealth is mostly assumed to be a household‐level resource that is pooled by spouses in married couples. Using comprehensive data on the individual wealth of both spouses in married couples from the German Socio‐Economic Panel Study (N = 13,623 individuals), the author tests this assumption. To this end, the associations between individuals' wealth and their spouses' wealth with individuals' subjective financial well‐being are examined. Results show that women's financial well‐being is equally associated with their own individual wealth and their spouses' wealth in older birth cohorts. In younger birth cohorts, women's financial well‐being is more strongly associated with their own individual wealth than with their spouses' wealth. For men from all birth cohorts, their own individual wealth is more strongly related to their financial well‐being than is their spouses' wealth. These findings suggest that wealth is not generally and fully pooled and that individual ownership matters within married couples in Germany.

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Individual Wealth and Subjective Financial Well‐being in Marriage: Resource Integration or Separation?

Lersch

2017

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Finally, we expect to find some significant association with Portuguese context specificities. The presence of children, the most studied family feature, has consistently proved relevant in predicting money management models, with childless cohabiting couples tending more than cohabiting parents to segregate their finances (Ashby and Burgoyne, 2008;Burgoyne et al 2010;Burgoyne and Sonnenberg, 2009;Joseph and Rowlingson, 2011;Kenney, 2006;Vogler, 2005;Vogler et al, 2008). But we also look at multi-generational extended and multiple families, comprising a 'core' couple living with other adults (e.g.…”

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Dinero y matrimonio: elecciones de pareja y sus predictores

Coelho¹,

Ferreira-Valente²

2024

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Las modalidades de gestión del dinero en las parejas del sur europeo han recibido una atención limitada. Este estudio emplea un análisis de regresión para evaluar los sistemas de asignación de las parejas portuguesas y sus predictores. La muestra comprende 3.331 hogares de Portugal con al menos una pareja heterosexual. Los sistemas de asignación de las parejas fueron clasificados según la tipología de Pahl. Los resultados confirman los verificados anteriormente con relación a la prevalencia de la gestión conjunta y a los predictores de las modalidades de gestión. Se presentaron algunas particularidades: las decisiones tomadas en las familias multigeneracionales ampliadas o múltiples favorecen la gestión conjunta parcial. Las características distintivas de los hogares de las sociedades del sur europeas juegan un papel en la asignación intrafamiliar de recursos. Key words AbstractThe ways in which couples in South Europe manage their money has received little attention. This study uses regression analysis to evaluate the allocative systems of Portuguese couples and their predictors. To do this we use a sample of 3,331 households in Portugal with at least one heterosexual couple. Couples' allocative systems were classified based on Pahl's typology. The results confirm what has been found in previous studies regarding the prevalence of joint pooling management and the predictors of the different models for managing money. However, some particularities have been found: decisions taken in multi-generational familes favour partial joint pooling, as the distinctive characteristics of households in South Europe play a role in assigning intra-family resources. Cómo citarCoelho, Lina y Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra (2016). «Dinero y matrimonio: elecciones de pareja y sus predictores». Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Los estudios pioneros y las conclusiones de Pahl (1980, 1983, 1989) sobre las modalidades de gestión del dinero de las parejas británicas 2 dieron lugar a una amplia e importante línea de investigación (Bennett, 2013) desde el punto de vista académico y sociopolítico, ya que puede informar las elecciones relativas a políticas de bienestar, familia y matrimonio. La asignación económica intrafamiliar influye en el nivel de vida y determina la autonomía y el bienestar de los miembros de la familia (Ashby y Burgoyne, 2008;Burgoyne et al., 2007;Pahl, 1995;Sonnenberg, 2008; Vogler y Pahl, 1993).Se han estudiado los predictores de las «modalidades de gestión del dinero de las parejas» 3 , sus interrelaciones con la autonomía y el bienestar de los miembros de la familia, y con la satisfacción con la relación conyugal (Burgoyne et al., 2007; Heimdal y Houseknecht, 2003;Kenney, 2006; LudwigMayerhofer et al., 2011;Oropesa et al., 2003;Pahl, 1995; Vogler y Pahl, 1993;Vogler et al., 2006Vogler et al., , 2008, así como las consecuencias de los cambios en los valores socioculturales asociados a las relaciones matrimoniales, familiares y de género en las modalidades de gestión (Pahl, 2008;Vogler, 2005;Vogler ...

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“…For some, this stems from a reluctance to re-enter into such a considerable joint investment like a joint home (e.g. Joseph & Rowlingson, 2012). For others, it is simply the result of the economic consequences of divorce.…”

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Parental marital dissolution and the intergenerational transmission of homeownership

2017

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Children of homeowners are more likely to enter homeownership than are children whose parents rent. We investigate whether this association is dependent on parental divorce, focusing on parental assistance as a conduit of intergenerational transmission. Event history analyses of data for England and Wales from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) show that the intergenerational transmission of homeownership is stronger for children of divorced parents compared with children of married parents. Such an effect may arise from two channels: (1) children of divorced parents are more in need of parental assistance due to socio-economic disadvantages associated with parental divorce; and (2) compared with married parents, divorced homeowning parents (mothers) rely more on housing wealth, rather than financial wealth, for assisting children. Findings support both explanations. Children of divorced parents are furthermore less likely to co-reside. We find limited evidence that when they do, co-residence is less conductive to homeownership compared with children from married parents.

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Her House, His Pension? The Division of Assets Among (Ex-) Couples and the Role of Policy

Cited by 36 publications

References 19 publications

Individual Wealth and Subjective Financial Well‐being in Marriage: Resource Integration or Separation?

Individual Wealth and Subjective Financial Well‐being in Marriage: Resource Integration or Separation?

Dinero y matrimonio: elecciones de pareja y sus predictores

Parental marital dissolution and the intergenerational transmission of homeownership

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