brief rationale for and an estimation of probability functions for divorce rates at specific lengths of marriage duration … focus on an equation estimating the probability of divorce or remarriage. This paper reports on one such effort. It offers a … marriage among the Terman subjects (Michael 1976). The Terman subjects generally exhibited the same qualitative relationships …

allowing for dynamics in the response of divorce rates to the adoption of unilateral divorce laws. We in turn explore the … extremely fragile. We conclude first that the impact of unilateral divorce laws remains unclear. Second, extending Wolfers …

to family status transitions. For both single individuals and married couples who do not experience a death or divorce … transition, either a death or a divorce, exhibit much slower asset growth and often experience a large decline in asset values at …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …

estimate a life-cycle model of marriage, labor supply and divorce under limited commitment to better understand the mechanisms … (partly due to "banking" benefits for future use), a rise in employment, and a decline in divorce rates. We then specify and …

significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

Participation (SIPP). We then exploit variation in laws governing divorce across states and over time to quasi …-experimentally identify how the timing of an exogenous increase in divorce risk (that is, the introduction of unilateral divorce) impacts … employment and retirement outcomes for older women. The spread of unilateral divorce, we find, was associated with cross …

The last 60 years have seen the emergence of a dramatic socioeconomic gradient in marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and …, are less likely to transition quickly into marriage, and have much higher divorce rates … for marital commitment. As the gains from traditional gender-based specialization have declined, the value of marriage has …

Learning about marriage quality has been proposed as a key mechanism for explaining how the probability of divorce … evolves with marriage duration, and why people often cohabit before getting married. I develop four theoretical models of … divorce, three of which include learning. I use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to test reduced form …