data from Germany, we also present empirical evidence which is consistent with this finding. -- marriage ; divorce ; single … mothers than for single mothers. We show that this increases the number of single mothers and the divorce rate. Using survey …

This paper presents an inter-temporal model of individual behavior with uncertainty about marriage and divorce and … higher marriage rates and higher divorce rates will be associated with higher savings rates in the presence of economies of …. -- savings behavior ; marriage ; divorce ; economics of marriage ; gender roles …

also an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline - albeit non-significant - in the number of marriages …

utility from children in the case of divorce, lower fertility increases the probability of divorce. Using Spanish data and RDD … introduced in 2007 resulted in a reduction in fertility by up to 60%, an increase in the probability to divorce by 37%, and an …