Women’s Earnings Before and After Marital Dissolution: Evidence from Longitudinal Earnings Records Matched to Survey Data

Mothers' postdivorce earnings in the context of welfare policy change

“…It also enabled us to establish a time order between explanatory and dependent variables (Oppenheimer, ). Second, NII and Tax Authority earnings information is subject to less measurement error than are self‐reported earnings (see Tamborini et al, ). Third, as divorce rates in Israel are relatively low, a large dataset, such as the census data, provides a sufficient number of cases.…”

“…Research has shown that in some countries there is a marked tendency on the part of women to enter the job market following divorce. In studies of the situation in the USA, Couch et al () and Tamborini et al (, ) found that from the early 1970s to the early 2000s there was a significant increase in women's earnings following divorce, while McKeever and Wolfinger () found a significant increase of employment among divorced women. This has also been found in France (Bonnet et al, ), The Netherlands, Denmark, Italy (Van Damme et al, ) and Israel (Raz‐Yurovich, ).…”

“…As in previous studies (McKeever & Wolfinger, ; Raeymaeckers et al, ; Raz‐Yurovich, ; Van Damme et al, ), the current research focused on uncovering change in the economic autonomy of Israeli mothers, as reflected in their earnings before and after divorce. Following the analytical strategy of Styrc and Matysiak () and of Tamborini et al (), we examined the change in mothers' earnings following divorce in two time periods that represent two paths of policies targeted at single‐parent families.…”

Financial Literacy and Economic Empowerment of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Examining the Differences Between Public Assistance Recipients and Nonrecipients

“…Many of their struggles center on their ability Financial Literacy and Economic Empowerment of Survivors of IPV 131 to become economically self-sufficient. In comparison to men, women earn less money, struggle with maintaining employment, save less money, and suffer more financially after a divorce (Schmidt & Sevak, 2006;Tamborini, Iams, & Reznik, 2012). Although many of the reasons for the feminization of poverty are based on structural factors, the dynamics of an abusive relationship place survivors of IPV at an increased risk of poverty.…”

Evaluating a Financial Education Curriculum as an Intervention to Improve Financial Behaviors and Financial Well‐Being of Survivors of Domestic Violence: Results from a Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study

“…Women are one such specific population at risk for experiencing situations that leave them in worse financial shape (Fonseca et al 2012;Tamborini, Iams, and Reznik 2011). Such situations may include lower earnings in the workplace, divorce, or outliving their spouse (Fonseca et al 2012).…”