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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291434
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269511
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Unintended consequences of welfare reform: the case of divorced parents
Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; van der Klaauw, Wilbert - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274406
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Are intra-household allocations policy neutral? Theory and empirical evidence
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Iyigun, Murat; Lafortune, Jeanne - 2011
We develop a collective household model with spousal matching in which there exists marital gains to assortative matching and marriage quality for each couple is revealed ex post. Changes in alimony laws are shown to affect existing couples and couples-to-be differently. For existing couples,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278689
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The Baby Boom and World War II:A Macroeconomic Analysis
Doepke, Matthias; Hazan, Moshe; Maoz, Yishay - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibriummodel with endogenous fertility and female labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860583
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Fertility Differences between Married andCohabiting Couples : A Switching Regression Analysis
Zhang, Junfu; Song, Xue - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
explain the difference in fertility between these two groups using aswitching regression analysis, which enables us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860768
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? Evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293124
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Offline Effects of Online Connecting: The Impact of Broadband Diffusion on Teen Fertility Decisions
Guldi, Melanie; Herbst, Chris M. - 2015
teens make. Specifically, we look at the relationship between increased broadband access and teen fertility. We hypothesize … that increasing access to high-speed internet can influence fertility decisions by changing the size of the market as well … broadband internet on teen fertility as well as the mechanisms underlying this effect. Our results suggest that increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288197
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The Effect of a Sibling's Gender on Earnings, Education and Family Formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Dinand - 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307341
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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 …
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