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Common Law Marriage and Teen Births
Grossbard, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - 2015
Using microdata from Current Population Survey Fertility supplements 1990-2010 we examine whether Common Law Marriage (CLM) laws in the US affect teen birth rates. CLM effects are identified through cross-state and time variation, as four states repealed the law over the period of study. We find...
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The Divorce Revolution and Generalized Trust: Evidence from the United States 1973-2010
Viitanen, Tarja - 2014
to easy divorce culture as a child. The findings are in agreement with the predictions of previous literature regarding …
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Common Law Marriage and Male/Female Convergence in Labor Supply and Time Use
Grossbard, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - 2014
Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force participation, hours of work and hours of household production of men and women over time and across states? As CLM offers more legal protection to household producers at the margin...
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Does Single Motherhood Hurt Infant Health among Young Mothers?
Kim, Albert Young-Il; Lee, Jungmin - 2017
Does single motherhood adversely affect infant health? This question is not easy to answer because of the endogeneity of coresidence during pregnancy. In this paper, we exploit quasi-natural variation in single motherhood from the moment of conception to that of birth arising from marriageable...
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Can Reduced Child Support Make Joint Custody Bad for Children? The Role of Economic Incentives in U.S. Divorce Law on Child Outcomes
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Roff, Jennifer Louise; Sun, … - 2018
support as those without custody. Merging family and child data from the SIPP with state-level data on economic incentives for …This paper examines the effect of economic incentives generated by U.S. divorce and custody law on a range of child … health and human capital measures. State laws vary widely in the treatment of child support under joint custody. While some …
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The Consequences of Extending Equitable Property Division Divorce Laws to Cohabitants
Chigavazira, Abraham; Fisher, Hayley; Robinson, Tim; … - 2019
This paper analyses the effect of extending equitable property division divorce laws to unmarried cohabiting couples in Australia. Using a triple-difference fixed effects approach we show that existing couples are more likely to make relationshipspecific investments after being exposed to laws...
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Divorced in a Flash: The Effect of the Administrative Divorce Option on Marital Stability in the Netherlands
Kabátek, Jan - 2019
Administrative divorce is an optional divorce procedure which allows couples to bypass the court system and dissolve their marriages in a streamlined, uncontested process. The lack of court involvement renders the administrative divorce faster and less expensive than the conventional divorce. In...
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Do Laws Shape Attitudes? Evidence from Same-Sex Relationship Recognition Policies in Europe
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Carpenter, Christopher S.; De Haas, … - 2018
Understanding whether laws shape or simply reflect citizens' attitudes is important but empirically difficult. We provide new evidence on this question by studying the relationship between legal same-sex relationship recognition policies (SSRRPs) and attitudes toward sexual minorities in Europe....
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Relational contracts, taxation and the household
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2009
repeated non-cooperative game, Pareto efficient outcomes can be supported by self interest, given the specific pattern of …
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The effect of joint custody on marriage and divorce
Halla, Martin - 2009
Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different timing of reforms across states and the control group of...
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