Abstract:In a sample of 79 districts of the Slovak Republic for the period 1997 -2019, we examine the connection between the unemployment rate and the crude divorce rate. Our findings reveal a negative and statistically significant relationship, which suggests a procyclical nature in terms of the economic cycle. The estimated coefficients are relatively consistent even after the addition of control variables considering socio -economic factors or fixed effects. The results of the regression analysis show that an increa… Show more
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