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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?

Böheim, René; Francesconi, Marco; Halla, Martin - 2012

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population. We also use unique data obtained from court records to … in support of a mechanism driven by a resource redistribution that favors men giving them greater incentives to invest in …

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Symposium on child development and parental investment : introduction

Francesconi, Marco; Heckman, James J. - 2016

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Unintended consequences of welfare reform : the case of divorced parents

Francesconi, Marco (contributor); Rainer, Helmut (contributor) - 2008

This paper formulates a model to examine the effects of changes in tax-benefit policy on the behavior of divorced parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support payment to transfer to custodians. These, in turn, decide...

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Intrahousehold commitment and intertemporal labor supply

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2020

This paper studies household labor supply, within the context of an intertemporal collective model, and three prominent intrahousehold commitment regimes: full commitment, no commitment, and limited commitment. We propose a test that distinguishes among all three alternatives based on how...

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Intertemporal labor supply and intra-household commitment

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2019

This paper adopts an intertemporal labor supply perspective to propose a test that allows us to distinguish between intra-household non-commitment, limited commitment, and full commitment. It investigates whether, after controling for current and future (expected) wages, past wage shocks have a...

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Intra-household wealth and welfare inequality in the US : estimations from a collective model of labor supply

Molina, José Alberto; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2018

This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical framework based on a collective model of labor supply, where household decisions are Pareto efficient, and spouses negotiate a sharing rule for non-labor income. Using the...

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Commitment and the dynamics of household labor supply

Theloudis, Alexandros; Velilla, Jorge; Chiappori, … - 2022

The extent to which individuals commit to their partner for life has important implications. This paper develops a lifecycle collective model of the household, through which it characterizes behavior in three prominent alternative types of commitment: full, limited, and no commitment. We propose...

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Commuting, wages, and household behavior

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2024

Commuting is a significant aspect of workers' daily routines and is associated with various negative outcomes. Traditional literature often models commuting from an urban perspective, focusing on the trade-off between commuting and housing. This paper offers an alternative view by using a...

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