divorce rates. We ask whether making divorce easier affected the educational structure of marriage. Based on marriage and … divorce certificate data covering 1970-1988, we provide new evidence on the evolution of the educational structure of marriage …There is evidence that the introduction of unilateral divorce legislation (UDL) starting in the late 1960s increased US …

Using non-cooperative game theory the effects of mediation on the divorce rate and on the utility of the spouses are … analysed. Two kinds of mediation are considered: restricted mediation that reduces the costs of divorce and extended mediation … that additionally may prevent divorces by demonstrating the potential for Pareto-improvements within marriage to the …

-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property … rights after separation. We use this improvement in women's bargaining power in marriage for a regression discontinuity …

Do individuals divorce for economic reasons? Can we measure the attractiveness of new matches in the marriage market … model of the household with consumption, production and revealed preference conditions for stability on the marriage market …. We define marital instability in terms of the consumption gains to remarrying another individual in the same marriage …

We investigate the divorce patterns among non‐Western immigrants and natives in Denmark. We focus on marriages entered … on or after arrival to Denmark and analyze whether inter‐ethnic marriages result in higher divorce rates and whether … divorce behavior differs between first- and second‐generation immigrants and native couples. We show that inter‐ethnic couples …

-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property … rights after separation. We use this improvement in women's bargaining power in marriage for a regression discontinuity …

that the economic value of the marriage market matters for divorce decisions. …Do individuals marry and divorce for economic reasons? Can we measure the economic attractiveness of a person …'s marriage market? We answer these questions using a structural model of consumer-producer households that is applied to rich …

related to marriage markets that could help explain consumption, including demand for medical care and good nutrition. These … variables include sex ratios (and exogenous parameters that influence sex ratios) as well as legal changes related to marriage … and divorce. A reexamination of the determinants of the price elasticity of demand includes an explanation for gender gaps …