-cycle of the 1940 cohort. Conditioning solely on gender, our ex ante welfare analysis finds that women would fare better under … unilateral system as are the top two quintiles of women; the rest prefer mutual consent. We also find that although the change in … divorce regime had only a small effect on the LFP of married women in the 1940 cohort, these effects would be considerably …

-cycle of the 1940 cohort. Conditioning solely on gender, our ex ante welfare analysis finds that women would fare better under … unilateral system as are the top two quintiles of women; the rest prefer mutual consent. We also find that although the change in … divorce regime had only a small effect on the LFP of married women in the 1940 cohort, these effects would be considerably …

of welfare-to-work and tax policies. Women's decisions are formalised in a dynamic and uncertain environment. The model …