Women's employment and marital stability: the role of the context

摘要: A discussion of the effects partners’ labour force participation on marital stability has been part demographic debate for several decades. While theorists generally agree that men’s employment a stabilizing effect marriage, there is considerable controversy about women’s involvement in market stability. This centred models and arguments. The most recent contributions have underlined role context moderating relationship question, our study aims to contribute this debate. We use case Poland, country underwent rapid profound changes its economic, institutional, socio-cultural settings. Using GGS- PL data, we estimated hazard regression disruption, separately women men. status were allowed vary by calendar time order determine how between economic activity was affected transformation market; reassignment responsibility an individual’s welfare among state, family, change institutional support families; liberalisation gender roles. Our empirical showed that, after onset transformation, working became significantly more likely divorce than who did not job. finding implies led substantial increase dependence their partners, made it much difficult non-working exit unhappy marriages. conclusion further corroborated relative women, disruption risk maternity parental leave declined over time. As expected, found stabilise marriages both prior 1989.