We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total … marriage specific capital. -- divorce ; fertility ; bargaining ; intrahousehold allocations ; Austria …

capital, which are larger in Germany than Britain. -- intergenerational links ; marriage market ; assortative mating …

rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments …