Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect … of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … evidence for an impact of joint custody on divorce rates. In sum, joint custody has increased the stock of married people and …

in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting … supply of spouses with diverse ethnicity and religious denominations had no overall effect on divorce rates. Countervailing … effects - in line with theoretical predictions - offset each other. The rise in the incidence in divorce is most probably …

This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …. Symmetry in education (both spouses receive an equal amount of education) then acts like an insurance device in case of divorce …

and women; this is consistent with marital returns based on joint consumption. Divorce is associated with low expected …