Arbeitspapier
Marriage, divorce and interstate risk sharing
In this paper we study the importance of marriage for interstate risk sharing. We find that US states in which married couples account for a higher share of the population are less exposed to state-specific output shocks. Thus, marriages do not just improve the allocation of risk at the individual level, but also have implications for the allocation of risk at the more aggregated state-level. Quantitatively, the impact of marriage on interstate risk sharing varies over divorce regimes.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3744
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
marriage
divorce
family law
Ehe
Familienrecht
Familienökonomik
Risiko
Schock
Regionale Inzidenz
Teilstaat
USA
Scharler, Johann
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008111464
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Halla, Martin
- Scharler, Johann
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2008