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HOUSEHOLD FINANCES, INCOME SHOCKS, AND FAMILY SEPARATION IN BRITAIN
Author(s) -
Bridges Sarah,
Disney Richard
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/ecin.12259
Subject(s) - general partnership , economics , separation (statistics) , simultaneity , survey data collection , consumer expenditure survey , household income , demographic economics , finance , public economics , geography , aggregate expenditure , statistics , physics , mathematics , archaeology , classical mechanics , machine learning , computer science
We examine the effect of household financial indebtedness on the incidence of partnership dissolution using a large survey of families with children in Britain. We use detailed data on household finances to provide a robust statistical analysis of the relationship between indebtedness and partnership dissolution and to avoid the potential simultaneity of financial and psychological health responses that arise when using self‐reported data on the extent of household “financial problems.” We examine whether the data provide any support for the “economic” models of divorce and separation developed by Gary Becker and his colleagues. ( JEL J12, D12)