divorce. The effect of happiness gaps is asymmetric: couples are more likely to break-up when the woman is the less happy …

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically …

players. For male winners, wealth increases marriage formation and reduces divorce risk, suggesting wealth increases men … winners is that wealth increases their short-run (but not long-run) divorce risk. Our results for divorce are consistent with … a model where the wealthier spouse retains most of his/her wealth in divorce. In support of this assumption, we show …

In theory, unilateral divorce laws alter the private incentive to invest in human capital by permitting either spouse … less likely to attain a bachelor's degree in states with unilateral divorce laws--especially individuals who were exposed … to the laws when making educational choices and who live in states requiring an even split of assets upon divorce …

concluded that divorce has little effect on women’s average household income. Employing an Abadie (2003) technique that allows … us to look at the impact of marital break-up throughout the income distribution, however, we find that divorce greatly … supply, divorce significantly increases the odds that a woman with children is poor. …