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Does the welfare state destroy the family? : evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345865
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Do Family Policies Affect Births, Maternal Employment and Marital Stability?
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Malkova, Olga - 2021
This paper examines the effect of the introduction of a 1982 maternity benefit program on childbearing, employment and marital stability in the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The program included one year of partially paid leave and a small cash payment at birth. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234563
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? : evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738835
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Maternity leave
Regmi, Krishna; Wang, Le - 2022
Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of maternity and family leave programs for childbearing on a national basis. This chapter reviews various types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414165
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Women's education and family behavior : trends in marriage, divorce and fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest … decrease in divorce since the 1970s compared to women without a college degree. In contrast, there have been fewer changes in … marital patterns by education for men. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937272
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430740
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Household relational contracts for marriage, fertility and divorce
Fahn, Matthias; Rees, Ray - 2014
the effects of policy variables such as the costs of divorce and post-divorce income payments on the interrelationships … among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010363961
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Immigrants and demography : marriage, divorce, and fertility
Adserà, Alícia; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2014
This is a draft chapter for B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller (eds.) Handbook on the Economics of International Migration. It discusses some of the data and methodological challenges to estimating trends in family formation and union dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250042
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Divorce and the birth control pill
Marcén, Miriam - 2013
This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment … US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral contraceptive methods has a negative impact on divorce. These findings … the state level. Additional analysis, developed to examine whether the impact of subsequent divorce law reforms on divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543666
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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 … analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates show that joint custody significantly reduces divorce and female … money transfer received by mothers after divorce. We interpret these results as evidence against Becker-Coase bargains and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009679924