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The long-term effects of unilateral divorce laws on the noncognitive skill of conscientiousness
Hayduk, Iryna; Kleinjans, Kristin J. - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 23 (2023) 4, pp. 1137-1154
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Do marriage markets influence the divorce hazard?
Hyee, Raphaela - 2011
This paper demonstrates that a woman's propensity to separate from her husband or live-in partner depends positively on male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings power, the more likely a woman is to end her...
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Can reduced child support make joint custody bad for children? : the role of economic incentives in U.S. divorce law on child outcomes
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Roff, Jennifer; Sun, Hugette - 2018
This paper examines the effect of economic incentives generated by U.S. divorce and custody law on a range of child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955833
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Improving child welfare in middle income countries : the unintended consequence of a pro-homemaker divorce law and wait time to divorce
Heggeness, Misty L. - In: Journal of development economics 143 (2020)
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Differential effects of the timing of divorce on children's outcomes : evidence from Denmark
Laird, Jessica; Nielsen, Nick Fabrin; Nielsen, Torben Heien - 2020
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Who divorces whom : unilateral divorce legislation and the educational structure of marriage
Afunts, Geghetsik; Jurajda, Štěpán - 2022
There is evidence that the introduction of unilateral divorce legislation (UDL) starting in the late 1960s increased US … 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 …
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How unilateral divorce affects children
Cáceres-Delpiano, Julio (contributor);  … - 2008
Using U.S. Census data for the years 1960-1980, we study the impact of unilateral divorce on outcomes of children (age … 6-15) and their mothers. We find that the reform increased mothers' divorce, decreased family income and increased the … divorce ; child outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652714
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How Unilateral Divorce Affects Children
Caceres-Delpiano, Julio; Giolito, Eugenio P. - 2021
Using U.S. Census data for the years 1960-1980, we study the impact of unilateral divorce on outcomes of children (age … 6-15) and their mothers. We find that the reform increased mothers' divorce, decreased family income and increased the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316568
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The origins of intergenerational associations : lessons from Swedish adoption data
Björklund, Anders (contributor);  … - 2005
We use unique Swedish data to estimate intergenerational associations between adoptees and their biological and adoptive parents. We argue that the impact from biological parents captures broad pre-birth factors, including genes and prenatal environment, and the impact from adoptive parents...
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Intergenerational effects in Sweden : what can we learn from adoption data?
Björklund, Anders (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002120353