Cash-for-Care use and Union Dissolution in Finland [Elektronisk resurs]

• Prominent theories have long suggested that couples’ gendered division of labor decreases the risk of separation. Family policies such as the Finnish cash-for-care (CFC) benefit, which is paid if a young child does not attend public daycare, may encourage a gendered division of labor, at least temporarily. Using Finnish register data, this study examines the effect of receiving the CFC benefit on the short- and long-term risks of separation. Discrete-time event history analyses suggest a lower separation risk while the benefit is taken, but no effect in the long term. Fixed-effects models for non-repeated events indicate postponement of separation during benefit take-up, as well as selection into longer periods of CFC use for couples with higher latent propensity to separate. It is concluded that the CFC benefit use, signaling a gendered division of labor, predicts a lower separation risk during receipt of the benefit but not beyond that period. 

Ämnesord

Social Sciences  (hsv)

Sociology  (hsv)

Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)  (hsv)

Samhällsvetenskap  (hsv)

Sociologi  (hsv)

Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)  (hsv)

sociologisk demografi  (su)

Sociological Demography  (su)

Genre

government publication  (marcgt)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Cash-for-care

divorce

separation

Finland

division of work

child care policies