All the Single Ladies: Job Promotions and the Durability of Marriage

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Folke, Olle; Rickne, Johanna
• 署名单位: Uppsala University; Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20180435
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 260-287
• 关键词: sticky floors; GENDER; returns; MODEL; positions; divorce; office; IMPACT; gap; pay

摘要

We study how promotions to top jobs affect the probability of divorce. We compare the relationship trajectories of winning and losing candidates for mayor and parliamentarian and find that a promotion to one of these jobs doubles the baseline probability of divorce for women, but not for men. We also find a widening gender gap in divorce rates for men and women after being promoted to CEO. An analysis of possible mechanisms shows that divorces are concentrated in more gender-traditional couples, while women in more gender-equal couples are unaffected.