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

matching and marriage quality for each couple is revealed ex post. Changes in alimony laws are shown to affect existing couples … marriage match quality is low, while, for couples not yet formed, they generate offsetting intra-household transfers and lower … different years and requiring different cohabitation length. We find that obtaining the right to petition for alimony led women …

about the likelihood of further increases in cohabitation in Japan and the potential implications for marriage and fertility. … correlates of cohabitation experiences and describes differences in the family formation trajectories of women who have and have … not cohabited. Cohabitation has increased rapidly among recent cohorts of women and cohabiting unions in Japan tend to be …

women without college. CLM effects on likelihood of marriage and cohabitation and likelihood of being divorced if ever …The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …

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