Mechoulan, Stéphane - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2006
This paper investigates the impact of no-fault divorce laws on marriage and divorce in the United States. I propose a … who marry after the shift to a no-fault regime, in turn, sort themselves better upon marriage, which offsets the direct … effect of the law on divorce rates. Consistent with that selectivity argument, after a switch to a no-fault divorce regime …