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Book SynopsisIn recent decades the probability of divorce and separation among married and cohabiting couples has increased significantly in most European countries. Focusing on both economic and social aspects, this comprehensive volume explores the consequences of partnership dissolution at the individual level. The contributors use personal characteristics, properties of the partnerships and the institutional context to explain coping behaviours.
The book comprises reports on eight countries, which have tentatively been classified as: 'the male breadwinner' (Belgium and Germany), 'the dual earner' (Denmark, Finland and Sweden), 'the market' (Great Britain) and 'the family' model (Spain and Greece). It also contains four cross-national comparative studies addressing the wider impacts of divorce, including labour force participation, residential mobility and housing, household income, and poverty and lifestyle deprivation.
Complemented by the editors' authoritative introduction, this timely study will prove invaluable to graduate students and researchers interested in the economics and sociology of the family. Legal and public policy practitioners will also find the book an insightful addition to the current literature.
Trade Review‘When Marriage Ends
offers a comprehensive and insightful contribution to the study of economic effects of divorce and it also contributes to the comparative study of family policies and family law regimes in Europe. The book can be recommended not only to students and researchers interested in family studies but also to legal and public policy practitioners.' -- Jana Chaloupkova, Central European Journal of Public Policy
'This is a double-faced book, which should be read by everybody who is concerned about the societal effects of divorce. It shows that divorce has negative economic and social consequences, not only in the Anglo-Saxon countries, but also in the most generous welfare states of Europe, where divorce is widely accepted. Moreover, these effects are more negative for women than for men, even in the most gender-equalitarian welfare state. But it also shows that social policies can mitigate these negative consequences.' -- Jaap Dronkers, European University Institute, Italy
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution – What do we Know and What are we Looking For? Hans-Jürgen Andreß and Dina Hummelsheim PART I: THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES 1. Conceptualization and Measurements of Institutional Contexts: A Review Haya Stier PART II: SINGLE COUNTRY STUDIES 2. Germany: Will the Male Breadwinner Model Survive? Dina Hummelsheim 3. Belgium: Economic Hardship Despite Elaborate Childcare and Leave Time Programmes Dimitri Mortelmans, Laurent Snoeckx and Peter Raeymaeckers 4. New Holes in the Safety Net? Economic and Social Consequences of Divorce in Denmark M. Azhar Hussain and Olli Kangas 5. Divergences in the Nordic Model: Economic Consequences of Partnership Dissolution in Sweden and Finland Heikki Hiilamo 6. Great Britain: ‘Things Can Only Get Better…’ Wendy Sigle-Rushton 7. Marital Disruption in Spain: Class Selectivity and Deterioration of Economic Conditions Lluís Flaquer and Anna Garriga 8. Low Divorce Incidence in Greece: Facts and Figures Haris Symeonidou PART III: COMPARATIVE STUDIES 9. Female-Supportive Policies and Women’s Employment After Divorce Maike van Damme and Wilfred Uunk 10. Divorce and Housing: A European Comparison of the Housing Consequences of Divorce for Men and Women Caroline Dewilde 11. The Economic Consequences of Partnership Dissolution: A Comparative Analysis of Panel Studies from Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Sweden Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Barbara Borgloh, Miriam Bröckel, Marco Gießelmann and Dina Hummelsheim 12. Marital Disruption and Economic Well-being: Poverty, Income and Lifestyle Deprivation Arnstein Aassve, Gianni Betti, Stefano Mazzuco and Letizia Mencarini PART IV: CONCLUSION 13. When Marriage Ends: Results and Conclusions Hans-Jürgen Andreß and Dina Hummelsheim PART V: DATA APPENDIX Index
