Can divorce affect a woman’s economic situation?
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https://doi.org/10.11606/1980-5330/ea203300Keywords:
marital dissolution, woman's position on family, labor market, gender, instrumental variableAbstract
Due to the increase in the number of divorces in Brazilian families over time and the possible economic and social effects that this can generate on its members, the aim of this paper is to verify if divorce impacts a woman’s economic situation. To estimate this effect, data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) were used and the Two-Stage Least Squares method was applied. Among the results, it is noteworthy that there is no effect of divorce on women’s participation in the labor market and average wages, which can be a cause, as well as a consequence, of the increase in women’s bargaining power at home and changes in gender roles in recent years.
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