For better or for worse: the long-term effects of postwar mobilization on family formation

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Melanie Khamis and Mutlu Yuksel

Applied Economics, 2016, vol. 48, issue 29, 2771-2784

Abstract: This article estimates the long-term legacies of female labour force mobilization on women’s family formation outcomes such as marriage, age at first marriage and divorce. We identify the long-term marriage effects of female labour force mobilization by exploring postwar mandatory employment in Germany. Using difference-in-differences analysis, we find that participation in postwar reconstruction efforts increased women’s probability of being currently married, ever married and marrying at younger ages. We also find that postwar employment had no differential effect on divorce rates of the affected cohorts of women. These results persist after accounting for the potential changes in the composition of the population, demand for female labour, war relief payments and postwar state-specific policies.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1128082

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