Alesina, Alberto (contributor); Giuliano, Paola (contributor) - 2006
that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Most of this effect is due to a decline of … divorce laws on the probability of entering and exiting marriage. Women planning to have children marry more easily with an … easier "exit option" from marriage. Thus, more children are born in the first years of marriage, while the total marital …