Unemployment and separation: Evidence from five European countries

Since the 1970s, several European countries have experienced high union dissolution risk as well as high unemployment rates. The extent to which adverse economic conditions are associated with union instability is still unknown. This study explores the relationship between both individual and aggregate unemployment and union dissolution risk in five European countries before the recent economic crisis. Using rich longitudinal data from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, and Italy, the empirical analysis, based on discrete-time event history models, shows that male unemployment consistently inc... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Solaz, Anne
Jalovaara, Marika
Kreyenfeld, Michaela
Meggiolaro, Silvia
Mortelmans, Dimitri
Pasteels, Inge
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Verlag/Hrsg.: DEU
Schlagwörter: Soziologie / Anthropologie / Sociology & anthropology / Familiensoziologie / Sexualsoziologie / Family Sociology / Sociology of Sexual Behavior / Arbeitslosigkeit / Ehescheidung / elterliche Trennung / Partnerschaft / Stabilität / internationaler Vergleich / Belgien / Finnland / Frankreich / Italien / Bundesrepublik Deutschland / geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren / unemployment / divorce / parental separation / partnership / stability / international comparison / Belgium / Finland / France / Italy / Federal Republic of Germany / gender-specific factors
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Link(s) : https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/68261

Since the 1970s, several European countries have experienced high union dissolution risk as well as high unemployment rates. The extent to which adverse economic conditions are associated with union instability is still unknown. This study explores the relationship between both individual and aggregate unemployment and union dissolution risk in five European countries before the recent economic crisis. Using rich longitudinal data from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, and Italy, the empirical analysis, based on discrete-time event history models, shows that male unemployment consistently increases the risk of union dissolution. While a strong association is observed between male unemployment and separation at the micro level, no association is found between male unemployment and union dissolution at the macro level. The results for female unemployment are mixed, and the size of the impact of female unemployment is smaller in magnitude than that of male unemployment. In Germany and Italy, where until very recently work is less compatible with family life than in other countries, female unemployment is not significantly associated with union dissolution. ; Seit der 1970er Jahren zeichnen sich viele europäische Länder durch hohe Trennungsraten wie auch hohe Arbeitslosenquoten aus. Bislang ist jedoch unklar, in welchem Zusammenhang ökonomische Entwicklungen und die Stabilität von Partnerschaften stehen. Dieser Beitrag befasst sich damit, wie Arbeitslosigkeit, gemessen auf der Mikro- und Makroebene, das Trennungsrisiko in fünf europäischen Ländern in der Zeit vor der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise beeinflusst hat. Auf Basis umfassender Längsschnittdaten aus Belgien, Finnland, Frankreich, Deutschland und Italien zeigen die empirischen Analysen, in der diskrete Zeitmodelle verwendet werden, dass Arbeitslosigkeit in allen Ländern das Trennungsrisiko prinzipiell erhöht. Während sich vor allem auf der Mikroebene zeigt, dass die individuelle Arbeitslosigkeitserfahrung des Mannes einen positiven Einfluss auf das ...