Abstract
More or Less Unmarried. The Impact of Legal Settings of Cohabitation on Labour Market Outcomes
Highlights
Women experience greater financial loss than men upon divorce (Bonnet, Garbinti, and Solaz, 2021; Leopold, 2018)
The analysis presented in this paper was conducted at the Quebec Interuniversity Centre for Social Statistics which is part of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN)
National debates usually focus on the level of protection that should be given to ex-cohabiting partners but they largely ignore that unmarried couples may adjust their behaviour to the level of protection induced by the family law
Summary
Women experience greater financial loss than men upon divorce (Bonnet, Garbinti, and Solaz, 2021; Leopold, 2018). Increasing support to women at separation may decrease the labour supply of women in couples either through an income effect (as women’s bargaining power increases, their share of household resources increases) or through a specialization effect (insurance against a drop in financial resources in the event of divorce make women invest more in marriage-specific capital and devote more time to childcare and household tasks). This decrease in women labour supply can in turn influence the balance of power (Basu, 2006). Adjustment in the labour market behaviour could offset the protection induced by a protective cohabitation regime
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