The reasons why the lower educated divorce more than the higher educated in many societies today are poorly understood. Distinct divorce risks by education could be caused by variation in pressures to the couple, commitment, or relationship skills. We concentrate on the latter explanation by...

In this paper, information on lottery wins from the British Household Panel Survey is exploited to investigate the effects of exogenous positive income shocks on family life. By comparing big with small lottery winners (N=2,618), it is investigated whether couples divorce more or less after...

The reasons why the lower educated divorce more than the higher educated in many societies today are poorly understood. Distinct divorce risks by education could be caused by variation in pressures to the couple, commitment, or relationship skills. We concentrate on the latter explanation by...