The effect of divorce laws on divorce rates in Europe
We analyze the effect on divorce rates of the legal reforms leading to "easier divorce" that took place in Europe during the last four decades. We construct a 54-year-long panel and exploit the different timing and nature of the reforms in divorce laws across countries. The reforms range from countries that legalized divorce to the introduction of no-fault grounds and unilateral divorce. We estimate that the introduction of no-fault, unilateral divorce increased the divorce rate by about 0.6, a sizeable effect given the average rate of 2 divorces per 1000 people in 2002.
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2009
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Authors: | González, Libertad ; Viitanen, Tarja K. |
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European Economic Review. - Elsevier, ISSN 0014-2921. - Vol. 53.2009, 2, p. 127-138
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Divorce rates Legislation Unilateral divorce No-fault divorce |
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