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 … unilateral divorce (both spouses do not have to agree on the divorce). Divorce laws can regulate the grounds for divorce …

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 … unilateral divorce (both spouses do not have to agree on the divorce). Divorce laws can regulate the grounds for divorce …

This is the report of the project, Social Cohesion and Civil Law: Marriage, Divorce and Religious Courts, funded by the … marriage and divorce. It examines the workings of three religious courts in detail: a Jewish Beth Din; a matrimonial tribunal …

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 …

changes in divorce costs on marital dissolution. Each individual who has a nontransferable expected utility about the quality … whether to stay married or to unilaterally divorce. We show that, for any society, there exist matching environments where the … probability of the marital dissolution does not reduce divorce costs under gender-optimal matching rules. In such environments, an …