Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296247 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ECONtribute Discussion Paper No. 305
Publisher: 
University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI), Bonn and Cologne
Abstract: 
This study sheds new light on the impact of couple separation on living standards by considering the effects of separation on measures reflecting the adequacy of food consumption in addition to more commonly studied income and expenditure measures. Using panel data from France, I examine changes in disposable income, food expenditure and food quantities purchased, diet quality and body weight at the time of separation and up to eight years later, compared to a control group of households that did not separate. Living standards decline to such an extent that households cannot maintain their food consumption, resulting in weight loss.
Subjects: 
Separation
divorce
living standards
income
food consumption
event study
JEL: 
D12
J12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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