This paper examines the effect of economic incentives generated by U.S. divorce and custody law on a range of child …

This paper analyses the effect of extending equitable property division divorce laws to unmarried cohabiting couples in …

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 …

increase and fall after divorce. Divorce, if it occurs, will be instigated by the parent who cares most about the child, the … parent that cares least about the child will never opt for divorce. This can explain the apparent contradiction that mothers … are more likely than fathers to initiate divorce beyond infant age even though the traditional household literature …