Arbeitspapier
On the causes and consequences of divorce
In most Western economies, the flourishing of the Welfare State has coincided with a decline of the role of the family: divorce has been introduced, and the number of marriages has decreased. We suggest that a taboo against divorce was part of the informal safety net in a period when social protection was provided by the family. Once the State started offering suitable alternatives, the taboo was no longer expedient, and was dropped. For the same reasons, marriage has become less popular. We further notice that divorce is an extremely costly process, and once allowed it may act as an independent reason for the reduction of the number of marriages. This latter result is especially evident under the assumption that agents subjectively evaluate the probability of facing a divorce using an availability heuristic.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2347
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Household Behavior: General
Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- Thema
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Divorce
marriage
availability heuristic
Scheidung
Ehe
Familienökonomik
Sozialstaat
Sozialhilfe
Theorie
Westliche Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Balestrino, Alessandro
Ciardi, Cinzia
Mammini, Claudio
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (wo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Balestrino, Alessandro
- Ciardi, Cinzia
- Mammini, Claudio
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2008
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