Marriage and divorce during a pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marital formation and dissolution in Mexico

Lauren Hoehn-Velasco, Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar (), Adan Silverio-Murillo and Sherajum Monira Farin ()
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Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar: Universidad Anáhuac México
Sherajum Monira Farin: Georgia State University
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jose Roberto Balmori-de-la-Miyar

Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, vol. 21, issue 3, No 2, 757-788

Abstract: Abstract In this study, we consider the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on family formation and dissolution. We use national microdata covering all marriages and divorces in Mexico, an event-study design and a difference-in-difference specification. Our findings indicate that over March through December of 2020, marriage rates declined by 54% and divorce rates by 43%. By the end of 2020, divorce rates recover back to baseline levels, but marriage rates remain 30% below the 2017–2019 baseline level. Overall, our findings suggest that marital dissolutions quickly recovered (6 months into the pandemic), but at the end of 2020, family formation remained at persistently lower levels.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Divorce rates; Marriage rates; Mexico; J11; J12; J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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