Wife or Frau, women do worse: a comparison of men and women in the United States and Germany after marital dissolution.
Longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel show that in the Federal Republic of Germany, women experience even sharper drops in economic status immediately after a marital split than in the United States, while German and American men fare about the same. German social policy does little to reduce the disparities.
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D004243:Divorce / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011640:Public Policy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States