Balestrino, Alessandro; Ciardi, Cinzia; Mammini, Claudio - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 45 (2013) C, pp. 1-9
In most Western economies, the flourishing of the Welfare State has coincided with a decline of the role of the family: divorce has been introduced, and the number of married couples has decreased relative to that of cohabiting ones. We argue that divorce is a costly process and that its...