French Abstract: L'actualité soulève régulièrement des inquiétudes économiques dont l'effet de surprise tient à une méconnaissance de la démographie: on s'étonne soudainement du coût du financement des retraites, prévisible depuis longtemps; on semble découvrir la baisse à venir de...

Using data from the FBI´s Uniform Crime Report program and differences in the timing of the reform's introduction, we find that unilateral divorce increases violent crime rates by approximately 9 percent during the period under analysis. Arrest data shows an average increase of 18% for murder...

This paper examines the effect of economic incentives generated by U.S. divorce and custody law on a range of child health and human capital measures. State laws vary widely in the treatment of child support under joint custody. While some states require no child support in joint custody cases,...