THE EFFECT OF CHANGING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES ON REPARTNERING

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fisher, Hayley; Zhu, Anna
• 署名单位: University of Sydney; University of Queensland; ARC Centre of Excellence for Children & Families Over the Life Course; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/uez011
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 2833-2866
• 关键词: work benefit reform; welfare-reform; living arrangements; lone parents; marriage; tax; australia; DYNAMICS; policies; support

摘要

This article examines how a reduction in the financial resources available to lone parents affects repartnering. We exploit an Australian natural experiment that reduced the financial resources available to a subset of separating parents. Using biweekly administrative data capturing separations occurring among low- and middle- income couples, we show that the policy reform significantly increased the speed of repartnering for affected separating mothers. The results demonstrate that one way that lone mothers respond to a reduction in financial resources available at the time of relationship breakdown is by repartnering more quickly.