Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically … consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …

of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing … dampened the persistent downturn in marriage. Our empirical evidence is fully consistent with the supposition that these …

additional marriages are the result of an increased incentive of men to marry. -- joint custody ; marriage ; divorce ; family law … of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing …

of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing … dampened the persistent downturn in marriage. Our empirical evidence is fully consistent with the supposition that these …

additional marriages are the result of an increased incentive of men to marry. -- Joint custody ; marriage ; divorce ; family law … of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing …

the birth of a child. Our setting enables us to examine the effect of family policies in a region with patriarchal gender … their young children longer, the conflict between women’s dual roles as full-time worker and full-time mother is reduced … norms with respect to housework, where women were the main providers of care within the household, but egalitarian gender …

In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in … children can amplify existing inequalities across generations. Third, inequality can exist even within families, and the …

While divorce laws are known to influence family behavior, empirical evidence of their effects on children remains scarce … family (in)stability on children's long-term human capital outcomes. The evaluation suggests that exposure to more liberal … variation and population-wide register data of 1.17 million Swedish children born 1952-1964 to evaluate the implications of …