Household Indebtedness and Separation in Britain: Evidence from the Families and Children Survey
15 Pages Posted: 5 Apr 2013
Date Written: 2012
Abstract
We examine the effect of household financial indebtedness on the incidence of partnership dissolution using a large household survey of families with children in Britain. We use detailed data on household finances to provide a more robust statistical analysis of the relationship and to avoid the potential simultaneity of financial and psychological health. We examine whether the data provide any support for the ‘economic’ models of divorce and separation of Gary Becker and others.
Keywords: childrens law, family law, recession, Families and Children Survey, partnership dissolution, divorce, Gary Becker
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Bridges, Sarah and Disney, Richard F., Household Indebtedness and Separation in Britain: Evidence from the Families and Children Survey (2012). Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 24-38, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2244331
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