beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized … divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing …

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically … consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …

of their occupations' requisite knowledge are more likely to divorce. This supports the hypothesis that gains from … division of labor within a household can render a marriage more durable. On the other hand, spouses that are dissimilar in … terms of their occupations' activities are more likely to divorce. This suggests that each spouse brings an inclination …

Why has polygyny, marriage of a man to multiple women, common in most societies throughout history, almost disappeared … income have led to the rise of monogamy. A general equilibrium model of the marriage market illustrates that the spread of …

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …