reform that favors women. The short-term impact of the reform on the allocations of already married wives is positive …. However, its long-term impact on yet unmarried women is not because such a reform generates lower utility for women within … marriage which exactly offsets their higher prospective divorce settlement. When remarriage is possible, more complex effects …

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, legislative changes that favor (wo)men benefit them especially if the … marriage match quality is low, while, for couples not yet formed, they generate offsetting intra-household transfers and lower …