beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …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 …

. These predictions are tested using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Marriage and divorce … marriage is used as a proxy for divorce risk. … to the labour market when they are confronted with a high likelihood of divorce and vice versa. Similarly, work hours …

. These predictions are tested using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Marriage and divorce … marriage is used as a proxy for divorce risk … to the labour market when they are confronted with a high likelihood of divorce and vice versa. Similarly, work hours …

Security Database. We show that in our sample of relatively young couples the shock hits households at crucial stages of family … find a small positive effect on the probability of divorce, but no effect of the husband's job displacement on fertility …

market wages earned by high-BMI women, but rather lower spousal transfers to married women or lower expected intra-marriage …Higher body-weight (BMI) can affect labor supply via its effects on outcomes in both labor markets and marriage markets … expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply labor in labor markets, especially for women. We use US panel data …

An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically …