Purpose – This paper aims to review major historical trends in US divorce rates and the origin of divorce law in the USA, as well as several of the leading explanations for the increased rates of divorce in the 20th century and the impact of these trends on remarriage rates....

Purpose – This paper aims to review major historical trends in US divorce rates and the origin of divorce law in the USA, as well as several of the leading explanations for the increased rates of divorce in the 20th century and the impact of these trends on remarriage rates....

This paper uses nationally representative data from two large household surveys to investigate the extent to which child asthma affects maternal labor supply. The theoretical and empirical models take into account the fact that asthma prevalence is partially influenced by genetic and...