Divorce, Women's Earnings, and Retirement over the Life Course
Divorce, Women's Earnings, and Retirement over the Life Course
The authors of this chapter examine the impact of divorce and remarriage on labor supply and Social Security retirement benefits among women. The results show that women who divorce and never remarry significantly increase their labor supply, and thus earnings, and retire later than women who are continuously married or remarry after divorce. Taking spouses into account reveals that total Social Security retirement benefits flowing to the households of women who experienced a divorce and never remarried are much lower compared to those who either remarried or were continuously married.
Keywords: marriage, divorce, labor supply, Social Security, retirement benefits
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