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 …

risk sharing is one benefit to marriage it is also limited by divorce risk. With search in the marriage market there may be … multiple equilibria diering not only in divorce rates but also in the role of marriage in providing informal insurance …