Death and Divorce: The Long‐Term Consequences of Parental Loss on Adolescents on JSTOR

Journal of Labor Economics

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Since 1983, the Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE) has presented international research on issues affecting social and private behavior, and the economy. JOLE’s contributors investigate various aspects of labor economics, including supply and demand of labor services, personnel economics, distribution of income, unions and collective bargaining, applied and policy issues in labor economics, and labor markets and demographics.

Coverage: 1983-2015 (Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 33, No. 4)

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ISSN: 0734306X

EISSN: 15375307

Subjects: Business & Economics, Business, Economics, Labor & Employment Relations

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Abstract

Two quasi‐experiments are used to estimate the impact of parental divorce on the adult labor market and marital/fertility outcomes of adolescents. These involve individuals experiencing the death of a parent and legislative changes to the Canadian divorce law. Parental loss by death is assumed to be exogenous, the experiences of children with a bereaved background offering a benchmark to assess the endogeneity of parental loss through divorce. Adolescents whose parents divorced put off marriage and, once married, suffer a greater likelihood of marital instability, but their earnings and incomes are not on average much different from others.

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