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

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

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically …

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 …

Evidence from the U.S. that couples with daughters are more likely to divorce than couples with sons has not been found … for other Western countries. Using 1995-2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with … higher divorce risks, but only when they are 13 to 18 years old. There are no detectable gender differences before or after …

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 …