Abstract

Longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel show that in the Federal Republic of Germany, women experience even sharper drops in economic status immediately after a marital split than in the United States, while German and American men fare about the same. German social policy does little to reduce the disparities.

Family Income, Federal Republic, Child Support, Marital Dissolution, Income Dynamics
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© Population Association of America 1991
1991
Issue Section:
Households and Kin
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