Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households
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Divorce
Cohabitation
Divorce rates
Marriage rates
Marital dissolution
Marital formation
Marital partners
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Married households
Single households
Single life
Married life
Marriage markets
Household size
Household structure
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Leaving home
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Household production
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Since World War II there has been: (i) a rise in the fraction of time that married households allocate to market work, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. It is argued here that labor-saving technological progress in the household sector can explain these facts. This makes it more feasible for singles to maintain their own home, and for married women to work. To address this question, a search model of marriage and divorce, which incorporates household production, is developed. An extension looks back at the prewar era.
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Greenwood, Jeremy and Nezih Guner. 2008. "Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households." PSC Working Paper Series PSC 08-01.