 Union Formation Selectivity After Childbearing: Do Local Marriage Markets Matter?Gabriela Sánchez-Soto ()
Chapter Chapter 15 in Developments in Demography in the 21st Century, 2020, pp 243-267 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Since the 1970s, people in the U.S. have been more likely than in the past to experience union separation and re-partnering, and children have been more likely to experience more than one kind of family arrangement throughout their childhood (Bzostek et al. 2012; Cherlin 2009, 2010). Previous research has paid important attention to the outcomes of children growing up in step-families and the determinants of union formation of parents. Significant research has focused on the experiences of single mothers. However, less attention has been given to the role of marriage markets on the formation of unions among single parents, and the differences in the impact of marriage markets for men and women with children. The main goal of the research I present in this chapter is to provide a better understanding of the context of union formation after childbearing, with special focus on its determinants and the influence of local marriage markets. I particularly focus on how these effects differ for men and women. Date: 2020 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:ssdmcp:978-3-030-26492-5_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26492-5_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis from Springer |
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