selection. Results show no average change in household resources, but sharp gender and spatial asymmetries. After separation … childcare access, needed to mitigate post‑separation poverty, especially for rural mothers. …

We show that separation has been a relevant outcome of American relationships over the last century and that separated … women have worse economic outcomes than those divorced. A transferable-utility model of marriage, separation and divorce … indicates that the welfare effects of divorce legislation depend on considering separation as an alternative. Empirically, the …

Israel's government is rapidly dismantling the separation of powers and expanding its control over the state apparatus …