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

This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform … bargaining power. Estimating difference-in-differences models I find that, indeed, wives who face a potential low alimony loss … those who have been (dis)advantaged by this reform is a new one, proposing a method that reflects the realities of alimony …

Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force … legal protection to household producers at the margin between single status and marriage, we expect it to discourage labor …

Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force … legal protection to household producers at the margin between single status and marriage, we expect it to discourage labor …

This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform … bargaining power. Estimating di_erence-in-di_erences models I find that, indeed, wives who face a potential low alimony loss … those who have been (dis)advantaged by this reform is a new one, proposing a method that reflects the realities of alimony …

This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform … bargaining power. Estimating difference-in-differences models I find that, indeed, wives who face a potential low alimony loss … those who have been (dis)advantaged by this reform is a new one, proposing a method that reflects the realities of alimony …

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 …

The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals …

The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals …

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …