) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. -- post-marital education ; marriage contract ; divorce …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 …

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 … symmetric allocation will become more attractive as the probability of divorce increases, if risk aversion is high and/or labor …

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 … symmetric allocation will become more attractive as the probability of divorce increases, if risk aversion is high and/or labor …

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 … symmetric allocation will become more attractive as the probability of divorce increases, if risk aversion is high and/or labor …

income. They have the option of unilateral divorce and subsequent remarriage. Through this channel, the marriage market …This paper develops a model that combines intra-household bargaining with competition on the marriage market to analyse … marriage market into a significantly larger share of household income. Hence, men's incentive to invest in education decreases …

I model how agents' marriage decisions and schooling investments relate to cultural and religious intragroup … intergenerational transmission of cultural traits to children through marriage. In addition, the benefit of a higher level of education …

among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to a model in which a couple decides whether to marry or cohabit … the effects of policy variables such as the costs of divorce and post-divorce income payments on the interrelationships …

Neither marriage nor a legally enforceable contract serves any useful purpose if the parties have access to a perfect … enforceable contract. Separate-property marriage may reduce and community-property marriage actually eliminate inefficiency, but …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to a model in which a couple decides whether to marry or cohabit …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce …This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to a model in which a couple decides whether to marry or cohabit …