) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. -- post-marital education ; marriage contract ; divorce …This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …

examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the … cooperation. -- Gender ; cohabitation ; marriage ; divorce ; alimony ; matrimonial property ; fertility ; division of labour …We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we …

; marriage market ; transfers …

legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …-difference estimations with fixed effects. We confirm the relative increase in divorce among matrilocal women and, for those who stay married …

This paper analyses the effect of extending equitable property division divorce laws to unmarried cohabiting couples in …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … marriage specific capital. -- divorce ; fertility ; bargaining ; intrahousehold allocations ; Austria … analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates show that joint custody significantly reduces divorce and female …

Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force … legal protection to household producers at the margin between single status and marriage, we expect it to discourage labor …

Australia, UK and US, we find that selection into marriage by individuals with a higher taste for home-produced goods can … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …