TY  - UNPD
A1  - Maurer, Raimond
A1  - Usman, Sehrish
T1  - Dynamics of life course family transitions in Germany: exploring patterns, process and relationships
N2  - This paper explores dynamics of family life events in Germany using discrete time event history analysis based on SOEP data. We find that higher educational attainment, better income level, and marriage emerge as salient protective factors mitigating the risk of mortality; better education also reduces the likelihood of first marriage whereas, lower educational attainment, protracted period, and presence of children act as protective factors against divorce. Our key finding shows that disparity in mean life expectancies between individuals from low- and high-income brackets is observed to be 9 years among males and 6 years among females, thereby illustrating the mortality inequality attributed to income disparities. Our estimates show that West Germans have low risk of death, less likelihood of first marriage, and they have a high risk of divorce and remarriage compared to East Germans.
T3  - SAFE working paper - 399 
KW  - Family dynamics
KW  - Life Events
KW  - Hazard estimation
KW  - Life course transitions
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/71513
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-715132
UR  - https://ssrn.com/abstract=4560666
N1  - We gratefully acknowledge research support from the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE).
PB  - SAFE
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -