the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest …

unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two …-stage game-theoretical model. The paper examines the effects of (i) family law (cost of obtaining a divorce, alimony … fertility and female labour market participation, negative until the mid-1970s, has turned positive where developed, but not …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest …

metastudy of the historical demography literature shows that the EMP did not prevail throughout Europe, its three key components …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and … Continental Europe, implemented between 1936 and 1975. We assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological … children and the incidence of childlessness. We find surprising results for Continental Europe: the additional education …

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …

: divorce has been introduced, and the number of marriages has decreased. We suggest that a taboo against divorce was part of … popular. We further notice that divorce is an extremely costly process, and once allowed it may act as an independent reason … subjectively evaluate the probability of facing a divorce using an availability heuristic …

and a temporary random shock to match quality. Couples whose match quality deteriorates may choose to divorce, and this is …, sophisticated couples – but not naive ones – may choose to enter marriage on terms which make divorce more costly to obtain. Third …, the inefficiencies in the behavior of time-inconsistent couples can be completely undone by means of earnings and divorce …