Session 72:
Union dissolution

Chair: Wendy Sigle-Rushton, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

1. Shared attitudes and couples’ break-up plans Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University; Maria Brandén, Stockholm University;

2. Marriage duration and divorce: the seven-year itch or a life-long itch? Hill Kulu, University of Liverpool;

3. What are the risks, for children, of family disruption? European comparisons France Prioux, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Didier Breton, Université de Strasbourg and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED);

4. Applying a multiple equilibrium framework to divorce risks in Germany Gosta Esping-Andersen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Daniela Bellani, Universitat Pompeu Fabra;

5. Socio-economic determinants of divorce in Lithuania: specialization hypothesis reconsidered Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and New Economic School, Russia; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Vlada Stankuniene, Institute for Social Research (ISR), Vilnius; Aiva Jasilioniene, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Ausra Maslauskaite, Institute for Social Research (ISR), Vilnius;

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