Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce …

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. …

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 …

mothers than for single mothers. We show that this increases the number of single mothers and the divorce rate. Using survey … data from Germany, we also present empirical evidence which is consistent with this finding. -- marriage ; divorce ; single …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce …