Formation, fate, and organization of couples confrontedś with unemployment.

Summary The aim is to study the effect of unemployment on couples (cohabiting or married) in France in the 1990s. A reflection on the family-unemployment link, highlights the relative scarcity of economic works on both unemployment and family. A bivariate duration model shows that while the first job influences the first couple, the reverse is not true. The modeling of an unemployed single person describes the stress to which he is subjected. Devalued in the union market, the unemployed person may decide to couple right away. ...