bargaining power. Estimating difference-in-differences models I find that, indeed, wives who face a potential low alimony loss …This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform … bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for maintenance in the case of a potential divorce prior to the law change …

bargaining power. Estimating difference-in-differences models I find that, indeed, wives who face a potential low alimony loss …This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform … bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for maintenance in the case of a potential divorce prior to the law change …

bargaining power of the payee, usually the wife. Second, reduced alimony lowers the incentives of wives to engage in the …Reforms that reduce alimony can affect married couples in two different ways. First, reduced alimony lowers the … alimony is due, at least in part, to differences in their preferences and costs for children. The estimated effects are larger …

The paper analyzes the effect of a reform granting alimony rights to cohabiting couples in Canada, exploiting the fact … analysis, based on a collective household model with a matching framework, predicts that changes in alimony laws would affect … right to petition for alimony led women to lower their labor force participation. These results, however, do not hold | and …

consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …