title: Unemployment and marital dissolution.
abstract: "This paper analyses the effects of unemployment on the probability of marital dissolution.  Based on panel data for a sample of Danish married couples, we estimate a dynamic model for the probability of marital dissolution where we take into account the possible effects of unemployment for both spouses.  We also control for other factors such as education, age, presence of children, place of residence, health and economic factors.  The empirical results show that unemployment seems to be an important factor behind marital instability.  However, only unemployment of the husband has an effect, and this effect is immediate."
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003710:Demography; D003718:Denmark; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D006262:Health; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011336:Probability; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Age Factors; Demographic Factors; Denmark; Developed Countries; Divorce; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment; Estimation Technics; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Geographic Factors; Health; Macroeconomic Factors; Marital Status; Marriage; Models, Theoretical; Northern Europe; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Probability; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Scandinavia; Separation; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Statistical Studies; Studies; Unemployment