Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Son, Yeon Jeong - 2017
This paper surveys some of the main strands in the recent literature on the economics of divorce, with a focus on U ….S. studies. We begin with a discussion of changes over time in the divorce rate and the widening gap in marital instability by … different relationships by race and ethnicity. Compared to other developed economies, the divorce rate in the U.S. is …