divorce laws is greater among whites than African Americans. -- divorce laws ; fertility ; marriage … panel data of different measures of fertility and examine the change in divorce laws. Total fertility declined in states … that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Most of this effect is due to a decline of …

property in case of divorce. Based on a rational choice model of marriage and assuming that on average women earn less than men … retrospective data from the Family Fertility Surveys collected in the 1990s. Most of our predictions are confirmed by a multi …