of their occupations' requisite knowledge are more likely to divorce. This supports the hypothesis that gains from … division of labor within a household can render a marriage more durable. On the other hand, spouses that are dissimilar in … terms of their occupations' activities are more likely to divorce. This suggests that each spouse brings an inclination …

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 …

Administrative divorce is an optional divorce procedure which allows couples to bypass the court system and dissolve … their marriages in a streamlined, uncontested process. The lack of court involvement renders the administrative divorce … faster and less expensive than the conventional divorce. In this paper, I investigate whether the administrative divorce …

norms, their marriage may be more vulnerable to external shocks, making divorce more likely relative to their counterparts …We investigate the impact of male-female conflict over gender norms on marital outcomes. As marriage requires mutual … options. Estimates from an analysis of U.S. marriage markets differentiated by birth cohort, state, race, and skill level …

introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative … bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for maintenance in the case of a potential divorce prior to the law change …

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 …

divorce. I model the marital decisions of couples as a sequential game, in which the gain to marriage increases with household …A variety of states in the United States have adopted the "homemaking provision" in their divorce laws since the 1980's … by the homemaking provision, as the law would reinforce her post-divorce property rights and therefore increase her …

While divorce laws are known to influence family behavior, empirical evidence of their effects on children remains scarce …. I shed more light on this by evaluating the Swedish divorce law reform of 1974, which i) liberalized the existing … divorce laws and ii) implemented a 6-month parental reconsideration period for divorce. I exploit quasi-experimental policy …