Security Database. We show that in our sample of relatively young couples the shock hits households at crucial stages of family …

We show that the exposure to war-related violence increases the quantity of children temporarily, with permanent …

We show that the exposure to war-related violence increases the quantity of children temporarily, with permanent …

consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic … violence, and child outcomes. …

Security Database. We show that in our sample of relatively young couples the shock hits households at crucial stages of family …

of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing … dampened the persistent downturn in marriage. Our empirical evidence is fully consistent with the supposition that these …