, division of property, child custody, and child support or maintenance payments. Reforms can have a range of social effects … beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

Having a child out of wedlock used to be associated with shame and scorn. This is mostly not the case anymore in the … western world. Therefore, freed from social sanctions, single motherhood has become an additional family-choice alternative … countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …

social responsibilities and solidarity in family law 2.1. Format of intimate relationships 2.2. No effective protection for … married women upon divorce2.3. No protection for unmarried cohabitants 3. Creating a fair family law 3.1. Fallacy of autonomy …

parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of maternity and family leave programs for childbearing on a … countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child …