The economic consequences of partnership dissolution -: A comparative analysis of panel studies from Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Sweden
The economic consequences of partnership dissolution -: A comparative analysis of panel studies from Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Sweden
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DOI：
10.1093/esr/jcl012
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Hummelsheim, Dina
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作者：
Andress, Hans-Juergen;Borgloh, Barbara;Hummelsheim, Dina
本文分析了不同制度背景下合伙企业解散的经济后果。选取比利时、德国、英国、意大利和瑞典作为家庭支持的四种典型模式（市场模式、大家庭模式、男性养家模式、双职工模式）的代表。人们认为，这四种类型的家庭支持在家庭中产生了特定的依赖关系，在分居或离婚的情况下，这种依赖关系可能对较弱的一方产生负面的经济后果。核心问题是，在这四种模式中，实力较弱的家庭成员获得了多少经济自主权。在对每个选定国家的制度设置进行深入讨论之后，我们假设瑞典的经济自主权最高，意大利最低，比利时、德国和英国介于两者之间。使用由作者从这五个国家的全国家庭面板中开发的跨国分离数据集，随着时间的推移研究了大量的伙伴关系解散。观察期足够长，可以区分合伙关系解散的短期和长期后果，这样做可以补充以前的比较研究。使用多变量面板数据模型表明：(i)调整后的家庭收入对男女都有影响；然而，对女性的负面影响比男性更大，（ii）意大利的收入下降幅度最大，瑞典最低，（iii）英国和德国女性从分居的负面经济影响中恢复得相当快。在离婚后收入方面，瑞典是性别最不平等的国家。然而，这种模式也有缺点：从长远来看，瑞典男性和女性在分居后都必须处理长期的经济后果，这在其他任何国家似乎都没有这么严重。
The paper analyses the economic consequences of partnership dissolution in different institutional settings. Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Sweden are selected as representatives of four prototypical models of family support (market model, extended family model, male breadwinner model, dual earner model). It is assumed that these four types of family support create specific dependencies within the family, which in case of separation or divorce may have negative economic consequences for the weaker partner. The central question is how much economic autonomy is granted to the weaker family members within each of the four models. Following a thorough discussion of the institutional setting in each of the selected countries, it is assumed that economic autonomy is highest in Sweden and lowest in Italy with Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain ranging in between. Using a cross-national data set of separations developed by the authors from national household panels in these five countries, a large number of partnership dissolutions are studied over time. The observation period is long enough to distinguish short- from long-term consequences of partnership dissolution and in doing so to add to previous comparative research. Using multivariate panel data models it is shown that (i) adjusted household income is affected for both genders; however more negatively for women than for men, (ii) the income decline is highest in Italy and lowest in Sweden, and (iii) British and German women recover rather quickly from the negative economic effects of separation. Sweden stands out as the country with the highest gender equalities with respect to post-separation incomes. However, the model does not convince without having a blemish: in the long run both Swedish men and women have to deal with long-lasting financial consequences after separation, which do not appear to the same extent in any of the other countries.