Marriage and the Economy: The Economics of Divorce
Marriage and the Economy: The Economics of Divorce
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婚姻与经济：离婚的经济学
DOI：
10.1017/cbo9780511615863.005
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
E. Lehrer
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作者：
E. Lehrer
解除婚姻对所有家庭成员的深远影响是众所周知的。妻子通常保留对孩子的监护权，离婚后通常会经历经济状况的显著下降（扫罗D。霍夫曼和格雷格J.邓肯1988）。在单亲家庭中长大剥夺了孩子父母的时间和金钱的重要投入，也限制了他们获得其他家庭和社区资源的机会，这对短期和长期都有不利影响（Sheila Krein和Andrea Beller，1988年; Beller和John W. Graham 1993; Sara McLanahan和加里Sandefur 1994）。因此，了解各种因素如何影响工会解散的概率是很重要的。本章审查了关于这一问题的证据，主要侧重于微观层面的决定因素。这些因素包括配偶双方的特点和他们的匹配质量，婚姻期间和之前每个伴侣的行为，以及婚姻时未预料到的新信息和事件的作用。我还讨论了第一次婚姻和再婚之间的区别。本章首先概述了婚姻的经济收益和婚姻搜索过程的理论，这对于理解离婚的决定因素至关重要，然后在这个框架内，我讨论了各种因素如何影响婚姻最终解体的风险的经验证据。重点是微观层面的因素，尽管我在本章末尾提到了一些宏观层面的因素，如离婚法（见第4章）。最后一节强调了需要进一步研究的重要领域。
The far-reaching implications of the dissolution of a marriage for all family members are well known. The wife, who typically retains custody of the children, generally undergoes a significant decline in financial well-being following divorce(Saul D. Hoffman and Greg J. Duncan 1988). Growing up in a single-parent household deprives children of important inputs of parental time and money, and also limits their access to other family and community resources, with adverse effects both short term and long term (Sheila Krein and Andrea Beller 1988; Beller and John W. Graham 1993; Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur l994). It is thus important to understand how various factors influence the probability that a union will be dissolved. This chapter reviews the evidence on this issue, focusing primarily on determinants at the micro level. These include the characteristics of each of the spouses and the quality of their match, the behaviors of each partner during and before the marriage, and the role of new information and events that were unanticipated at the time of the marriage. I also discuss differences between first unions and remarriages. This chapter first outlines the theory on the economic gains from marriage and the process of marital search, which is essential to understanding the determinants of divorce.Within this framework, I then discuss the empirical evidence on how various factors affect the risk that a union will eventually be dissolved. The emphasis is on microlevel factors, although I mention some macrolevel factors such as divorce laws at the end of this chapter (see also Chapter 4). The closing section highlights important areas where additional research is needed.