Remarriage as a Way to Overcome the Financial Consequences of Divorce--A Test of the Economic Need Hypothesis for European Women

Dewilde, Caroline; Uunk, Wilfred

doi:10.1093/esr/jcn025

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“…The prevailing view in the general literature on repartnering in developed countries is that the same factors that affect the entry into a first union also affect the entry into second and higher order unions, although the relative importance of some factors may change across union orders (Dewilde and Uunk 2008). Cohabitation is also a prominent alternative to marriage when repartnering, both in Sweden and elsewhere (Blanc 1987;de Graaf and Kalmijn 2003;Wu and Schimmele 2005).…”

Section: Re-marriage Among Immigrantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marriage and divorce of immigrants and descendants of immigrants in Sweden

Andersson¹,

Obućina²,

Scott³

2015

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Section: Re-marriage Among Immigrantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marriage and divorce of immigrants and descendants of immigrants in Sweden

Andersson¹,

Obućina²,

Scott³

2015

DemRes

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“…For example, though divorced men and women generally report lower adjustment than their married counterparts (for an overview, see Amato 2010), the presence of a new romantic partner has been shown to be positively correlated with adult well-being (e.g., Wang and Amato 2000). Furthermore, divorce has been found to result in a substantial decline in income for women in particular (Ongaro et al 2009;Poortman 2000) which however, can be offset by a remarriage (Dewilde and Uunk 2008;see Sweeney 2010). Empirical evidence suggests that the majority of divorcees re-partner (for an overview, see Coleman et al 2000;Sweeney 2010) with a probably stronger preference for cohabitation over remarriage (Wu and Schimmele 2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Children on Men’s and Women’s Chances of Re-partnering in a European Context

2013

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This work examines what role children play in the re-partnering process in five European countries (Norway, France, Germany, Romania, and the Russian Federation) by addressing the following research questions: (1) To what extent do men and women differ in their re-partnering chances?; (2) Can gender differences in re-partnering be explained by the presence of children?; (3) How do the custodial arrangements and the child's age affect the re-partnering chances of men and women? We use the partnership and parenthood histories of the participants in the first wave of the Generations and Gender Survey (United Nations, Generations and Gender Programme: Survey Instruments. United Nations, New York/Geneva, 2005) to examine the transition to moving in with a new partner following the dissolution of the first marital union, separately for men and women. The story that emerges is one of similarities in the effects rather than differences. In most countries, men are more likely to re-partner than women. This gender difference can be attributed to the presence of children as our analyses show that childless men and women do not differ in their probability to re-partner. Mothers with resident children are less likely to re-partner than non-mothers and a similar though often non-significant effect of resident children is observed for fathers. In most countries we find that as the child ages, the chances to enter a new union increase. In sum, our study indicates that children are an important factor in re-partnering and a contributor to the documented gender gap in re-partnering, and this holds throughout distinct institutional and cultural settings. -013-9294-5 Résumé Cet article étudie le rôle joué par les enfants dans la formation d'une nouvelle union dans cinq pays européens (Norvège, France, Allemagne, Roumanie et la Fédération de Russie) en tentant de répondre aux questions de recherche suivantes (1) dans quelle mesure les probabilités des hommes et des femmes de former une nouvelle union diffèrent-elles ? (2) la présence d'enfants peut-elle expliquer les différences de genre dans ce domaine ? (3) Les dispositions relatives à la garde de l'enfant et l'âge de l'enfant ont-ils un impact sur les probabilités d'une nouvelle union pour les hommes et pour les femmes ? Les histoires des unions et les histoires parentales des participants à la première vague des enquêtes Générations et Genre (GGS, Nations Unies ?, 2005) ont été utilisées pour étudier la transition vers une nouvelle union après la dissolution du premier mariage pour les hommes et pour les femmes séparément. Les résultats montrent des effets semblables plutôt que divergents. Dans la plupart des pays, les hommes ont des probabilités de former une nouvelle union plus élevées que les femmes. Cette différence de genre peut être attribuée à la présence d'enfants car nos analyses montrent que les probabilités d'une nouvelle union des hommes et des femmes sans enfant sont similaires. Les mères dont les enfants vivent avec elles sont moins susceptibles de fo...

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“…Socioeconomic prospects are not found to be related to the remarriage of men (Sweeney 2002). Support for the economic-needs hypothesis of repartnering is found in the comparative research by Dewilde and Uunk (2008). They note that a decline in income after divorce increases the likelihood of remarriage for women.…”

Section: Theory and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 91%