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Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically …
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of their occupations' requisite knowledge are more likely to divorce. This supports the hypothesis that gains from … terms of their occupations' activities are more likely to divorce. This suggests that each spouse brings an inclination …
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beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized … divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing …
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Low fertility rates are a cause of social concern in many developed countries, with growing youth unemployment often … divorce rate. Therefore, understanding the relationship between labor market conditions and family formation can provide … important insights into the type of policies that would be most effective in promoting fertility. …
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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...
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births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …
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Why has polygyny, marriage of a man to multiple women, common in most societies throughout history, almost disappeared in modern industrialized countries? Do women play a role in its disappearance? A simple theoretical model suggests that at the later stage of the transition from polygyny to...
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Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for … women born in 1932. It dropped to a new low of 1.74 children for women born in 1949, before stabilizing for subsequent …-twentieth century baby boom and generated a rise in women’s human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for …
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Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to … impact that the transfer had on the language and mathematical competencies of the children of eligible mothers at the end of …
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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. …
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