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Marriage, divorce and interstate risk sharing

Halla, Martin; Scharler, Johann - 2008

In this paper we study the importance of marriage for interstate risk sharing. We find that US states in which married couples account for a higher share of the population are less exposed to state-specific output shocks. Thus, marriages do not just improve the allocation of risk at the...

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Bargaining at divorce : the allocation of custody

Halla, Martin; Atteneder, Christine - 2007

custody enables more parents to divorce by mutual consent. -- (joint) custody ; divorce ; family law ; bargaining …

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Female labor supply and divorce : new evidence from Ireland

Bargain, Olivier; Keane, Claire; González, Libertad; … - 2010

If participation in the labor market helps to secure women's outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an increase in the perceived risk of marital dissolution may accelerate the increase in female labor supply. This simple prediction has been tested in the literature using time and/or...

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The divorce revolution and generalized trust : evidence from the United States 1973 - 2010

Viitanen, Tarja - 2014

to easy divorce culture as a child. The findings are in agreement with the predictions of previous literature regarding …

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The effect of joint custody on family outcomes

Halla, Martin - 2011 - Last update: 2011/04/19

additional marriages are the result of an increased incentive of men to marry. -- joint custody ; marriage ; divorce ; family law …

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Parasites and raven mothers : a German-Japanese comparison on (lone) motherhood

Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010

Having a child out of wedlock used to be associated with shame and scorn. This is mostly not the case anymore in the … western world. Therefore, freed from social sanctions, single motherhood has become an additional family-choice alternative … countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …

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Making Divorce Easier : The Role of No-Fault and Unilateral Revisited

Bracke, Sietse - 2013

The Anglo-Saxon literature regarding the positive relation between 'making divorce easier' and divorce rates has mainly focused on the introduction of no-fault and unilateral divorce grounds. This approach was mimicked to analyse the impact of more lenient divorce legislation in Europe. Using...

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The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce

Halla, Martin - 2009

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 timing of reforms across states and the control group of...

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Outside Options, Job Mobility, and Gender : Evidence from Divorce Laws

Hatamyar, Julia - 2020

-divorce asset distribution and child custody assignment. Although female MBAs on average are significantly more likely to be … to an 8.6% increase in female MBA job positions held. An increased likelihood of gaining sole child custody post …

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The Consequences of Extending Equitable Property Division Divorce Laws to Cohabitants

Chigavazira, Abraham - 2019

This paper analyses the effect of extending equitable property division divorce laws to unmarried cohabiting couples in Australia. Using a triple-difference fixed effects approach we show that existing couples are more likely to make relationshipspecific investments after being exposed to laws...

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