among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …, how many children to have and subsequently whether to stay together or separate. We make precise the idea that cooperation … in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed between …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …, how many children to have and subsequently whether to stay together or separate. We make precise the idea that cooperation … in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed among …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce …, how many children to have and subsequently whether to stay together or separate. We make precise the idea that cooperation … in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed among …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two …-stage game-theoretical model. The paper examines the effects of (i) family law (cost of obtaining a divorce, alimony … children equally between them, while the predominant pattern in developing countries is for the father to specialize in market …

the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are …

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

Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect … of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … evidence for an impact of joint custody on divorce rates. In sum, joint custody has increased the stock of married people and …

utility from children in the case of divorce, lower fertility increases the probability of divorce. Using Spanish data and RDD … more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of … introduced in 2007 resulted in a reduction in fertility by up to 60%, an increase in the probability to divorce by 37%, and an …

fertility on parental investments and on women's labour supply that use twin births to instrument fertility will tend to be …

Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However …, twin-IV estimates will tend to be upward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that fertility has limited … impacts on women's labour supply, or on investments in children. Using data for developing countries and the United States, we …