When Marriage Ends

Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

In recent decades the probability of divorce and separation among married and cohabiting couples has increased significantly in most European countries. Focusing on both economic and social aspects, this comprehensive volume explores the consequences of partnership dissolution at the individual level. The contributors use personal characteristics, properties of the partnerships and the institutional context to explain coping behaviours.The book comprises reports on eight countries, which have tentatively been classified as: 'the male breadwinner' (Belgium and Germany), 'the dual earner' (Denmark, Finland and Sweden), 'the market' (Great Britain) and 'the family' model (Spain and Greece). It also contains four cross-national comparative studies addressing the wider impacts of divorce, including labour force participation, residential mobility and housing, household income, and poverty and lifestyle deprivation. Complemented by the editors' authoritative introduction, this timely study will prove invaluable to graduate students and researchers interested in the economics and sociology of the family. Legal and public policy practitioners will also find the book an insightful addition to the current literature.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-04-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781848441934

Utforska kategorier

Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Professor of Social and Economic Research, University of Cologne, Germany and Dina Hummelsheim, Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany

Recensioner i media

‘When Marriage Ends offers a comprehensive and insightful contribution to the study of economic effects of divorce and it also contributes to the comparative study of family policies and family law regimes in Europe. The book can be recommended not only to students and researchers interested in family studies but also to legal and public policy practitioners.'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: Introduction: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution – What do we Know and What are we Looking For?Hans-Jürgen Andreß and Dina HummelsheimPART I: THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES 1. Conceptualization and Measurements of Institutional Contexts: A ReviewHaya StierPART II: SINGLE COUNTRY STUDIES2. Germany: Will the Male Breadwinner Model Survive?Dina Hummelsheim3. Belgium: Economic Hardship Despite Elaborate Childcare and Leave Time ProgrammesDimitri Mortelmans, Laurent Snoeckx and Peter Raeymaeckers4. New Holes in the Safety Net? Economic and Social Consequences of Divorce in DenmarkM. Azhar Hussain and Olli Kangas5. Divergences in the Nordic Model: Economic Consequences of Partnership Dissolution in Sweden and FinlandHeikki Hiilamo6. Great Britain: ‘Things Can Only Get Better…’Wendy Sigle-Rushton7. Marital Disruption in Spain: Class Selectivity and Deterioration of Economic Conditions Lluís Flaquer and Anna Garriga8. Low Divorce Incidence in Greece: Facts and FiguresHaris SymeonidouPART III: COMPARATIVE STUDIES9. Female-Supportive Policies and Women’s Employment After DivorceMaike van Damme and Wilfred Uunk10. Divorce and Housing: A European Comparison of the Housing Consequences of Divorce for Men and WomenCaroline Dewilde11. The Economic Consequences of Partnership Dissolution: A Comparative Analysis of Panel Studies from Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and SwedenHans-Jürgen Andreß, Barbara Borgloh, Miriam Bröckel, Marco Gießelmann and Dina Hummelsheim12. Marital Disruption and Economic Well-being: Poverty, Income and Lifestyle Deprivation Arnstein Aassve, Gianni Betti, Stefano Mazzuco and Letizia MencariniPART IV: CONCLUSION13. When Marriage Ends: Results and ConclusionsHans-Jürgen Andreß and Dina HummelsheimPART V: DATA APPENDIXIndex