By allowing people to obtain divorce without the consent of their spouse, Unilateral Divorce Laws (UDLs) increase the … risk of divorce. Using the staggered introduction of UDLs across European countries, we show that households exposed to … financial literacy, contributing to uncover the mechanisms through which the risk of divorce may affect savings. Our results are …

-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property … rights after separation. We use this improvement in women's bargaining power in marriage for a regression discontinuity …

Retirement represents a dramatic change in individual life that may also affect marriage stability, a fact which has … France, we find a significant and large increase in divorce rates upon retirement, which concerns especially individuals of …

This paper makes an analysis of rural divorce cases where women have not received a fair share of rural property … following divorce. The reasons for women's exclusion from a fair share of property settlements are not always apparent from …

The Brexit ‘divorce bill’ is supposed to settle existing obligations, rather than cover the cost of any future … debate. This means that the divorce bill is something that needs to be negotiated. It is therefore right to ask what the UK …