marriage distortion, and both depend solely on the corresponding reduced-form elasticities. Our calculations suggest that the … total welfare loss is around 4.9 percent of yearly household income, with marriage distortion contributing 17 percent of …

marriage distortion, and both depend solely on the corresponding reduced-form elasticities. Our calculations suggest that the … total welfare loss is around 4.9 percent of yearly household income, with marriage distortion contributing 17 percent of …

In recent years the increase in the divorce rate in many advanced countries and the predominance of female …-headed families among the poor has generated much interest in the relationship between divorce and the welfare of mothers and children … economic consequence of divorce on the welfare of fathers, mothers and children under alternative behavioral assumptions …

In recent years the increase in the divorce rate in many advanced countries and the predominance of female …-headed families among the poor has generated much interest in the relationship between divorce and the welfare of mothers and children … economic consequence of divorce on the welfare of fathers, mothers and children under alternative behavioral assumptions …

This paper studies the effects of different income transfers on individual welfare, in both marriage and divorce … losses derived from the marriage. We have also found that the donor of an intergenerational transfer can behave in a …