This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform … bargaining power. Estimating di_erence-in-di_erences models I find that, indeed, wives who face a potential low alimony loss … those who have been (dis)advantaged by this reform is a new one, proposing a method that reflects the realities of alimony …

Reforms that reduce alimony can affect married couples in two different ways. First, reduced alimony lowers the … bargaining power of the payee, usually the wife. Second, reduced alimony lowers the incentives of wives to engage in the … alimony is due, at least in part, to differences in their preferences and costs for children. The estimated effects are larger …

Reforms that reduce alimony can affect married couples in two different ways. First, reduced alimony lowers the … bargaining power of the payee, usually the wife. Second, reduced alimony lowers the incentives of wives to engage in the … alimony is due, at least in part, to differences in their preferences and costs for children. The estimated effects are larger …