beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized … divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing …

This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized … divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing …

in men and women - after four years or longer, about twice the gain associated with marriage (controlling for weight … cohabitation; women lost some weight in the first year, men gained some weight after four or more years of separation. Divorce … marriage or cohabitation do not necessarily include a healthier BMI. They also suggest that relationship transitions …

This article studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market … married mothers than for single mothers. We show that this increases the number of single mothers and the divorce rate. Using …

divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we … find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … household. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer …