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Do joint custody laws improve family well-being? : joint child custody laws affect not only divorced families but intact families as well
Halla, Martin - 2015
Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically since the 1970s. Traditionally, one parent - usually the mother - was assigned sole custody of the child. Today, many divorced parents continue to share parental rights and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430740
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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/10009738835
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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/10009738999
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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/10011345865
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Assortative mating and divorce : evidence from Austrian register data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009
This paper documents that changes in assortative mating patterns over the last four decades along the dimensions of age, ethnicity and religion are not responsible for the increasing marital stability in Austria. Quite the contrary, without the rise in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900751
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Assortative mating and divorce : evidence from Austrian register data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009
This paper documents that changes in assortative mating patterns over the last four decades along the dimensions of age, ethnicity and religion are not responsible for the increasing marital stability in Austria. Quite the contrary, without the rise in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009239693
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Assortative mating and divorce : evidence from Austrian register data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009
This paper documents that changes in assortative mating patterns over the last four decades along the dimensions of age, ethnicity, religion and education are not responsible for the increasing marital instability in Austria. Quite the contrary, without the rise in the age at marriage, divorce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343921
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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 … organization of the family. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; welfare state ; risk sharing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715061
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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 … organization of the family. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; welfare state ; risk sharing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009743424
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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 … marriage specific capital. -- divorce ; fertility ; bargaining ; intrahousehold allocations ; Austria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009679924