Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce … children conceived during first marriage. Our results indicate that the presence of children significantly reduces the … probability of marital disruption. In addition, the younger the children, the greater the deterrent effect. In contrast, we …

Using U.S. Census data for the years 1960-1980, we study the impact of unilateral divorce on outcomes of children (age … fraction of mothers below the poverty line. For children, we find not only negative results on investment, measured as the … probability that a child goes to a private school, but also on child outcomes, measured by the likelihood of children aged 0 …

We estimate the effect of divorce legalization on the long-term well-being of children. Our identification strategy … exposed (or not exposed) to divorce as children, thus leading to a difference-in-differences approach. We find that women who … up under illegal divorce. These effects are not found for men. We find no effects of divorce legalization on children …

Children adopted from abroad are an immigrant group about which little is known. According to the U.S. Census more than … one and a half million children living in the U.S. are adopted, with fifteen percent of them born abroad. In fact more … mostly white, wealthy, and well educated (Kossoudji, 2008). What are the characteristics of children who are adopted from …

reduced child support. These incentives have negative effects on children's human capital development and health, with … limit children's time spent with relatively high quality mothers, as fathers pursue joint custody in response to the policy. …