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Family Formation and Dissolution During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From South Korea
- Authors
- Kim, Jinho; Kim, Taehoon
- Issue Date
- 2-1월-2021
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- COVID-19; marriage; divorce; social disruption; fertility; South Korea
- Citation
- GLOBAL ECONOMIC REVIEW, v.50, no.1, pp.1 - 19
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
KCI
OTHER
- Journal Title
- GLOBAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
- Volume
- 50
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 19
- ISSN
- 1226-508X
- Abstract
- This study explores the short-term effects of COVID-19 on marriage and divorce rates in Korea. We document a 9.6-13.9% reduction in the provincial crude marriage rate in March-June 2020 after the surge in COVID-19 cases. On top of this overall decline, a one-unit increase in the number of confirmed cases per 1,000 people in a given province decreased the marriage rate by 3.8-6.2%. The crude divorce rate decreases by 3.2-7.1% after the surge of COVID-19. Our results imply that the decline in marriage rates due to COVID-19 can lead to a significant decrease in fertility rates in the near future.
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