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Should divorce be easier or harder? : the evidence, though weak, favors legal, easy, unilateral divorce
González, Libertad; Quinto, Alicia de - 2021
Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized … divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing … unilateral divorce (both spouses do not have to agree on the divorce). Divorce laws can regulate the grounds for divorce …
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Social Cohesion and Civil Law : Marriage, Divorce and Religious Courts
Douglas, Gillian; Doe, Norman; Gilliat-Ray, Sophie; … - 2011
This is the report of the project, Social Cohesion and Civil Law: Marriage, Divorce and Religious Courts, funded by the … marriage and divorce. It examines the workings of three religious courts in detail: a Jewish Beth Din; a matrimonial tribunal …
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Is marriage as good as a contract?
Cigno, Alessandro - 2013
Neither marriage nor a legally enforceable contract serves any useful purpose if the parties have access to a perfect credit market. In the presence of credit rationing, efficiency and utility equalization are guaranteed only by a legally enforceable contract. Separate-property marriage may...
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Which children stabilize marriage?
Bellido, Héctor; Molina, José Alberto; Solaz, Anne; … - 2013
Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce …
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Social security and divorce decisions
Dillender, Marcus - 2014
affects divorce decisions. I find evidence that the ten-year rule results in a small increase in divorces for the general … population; however, the effects vary greatly by age. Divorce decisions change very little for people under the age of 35. For …
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Season of birth and marital outcomes
Oreffice, Sonia - 2014
This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship status. For couples, additional analysis considers who...
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Do divorcing couples become happier by breaking up?
Gardner, Jonathan (contributor);  … - 2005
Divorce is a leap in the dark. This paper investigates whether people who split up actually become happier. Using the … and after divorce. Our results show that divorcing couples reap psychological gains from the dissolution of their … of remarriage. We measure wellbeing using GHQ and life-satisfaction scores. -- divorce ; happiness ; GHQ ; life …
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Divorce trends and patterns in the Western world: a socio-legal overview
Fahey, Tony - 2013
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Do Marriage Markets Influence the Divorce Hazard?
Hyee, Raphaela - 2011
This paper demonstrates that a woman's propensity to separate from her husband or live-in partner depends positively on male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings power, the more likely a woman is to end her...
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