2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'During the 1970s, the United States switched from mutual consent to a
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unilateral divorce regime. Who benefited/lost from this change? We
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develop a dynamic life cycle model in which agents make consumption,
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saving, work, and marital-status decisions under a given divorce regime.
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Calibrating the model to match key moments for the 1940 cohort and
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conditioning solely on gender, our ex ante welfare analysis finds that
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women fare better under mutual consent whereas men prefer a unilateral
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system. Conditioning as well on initial productivity (expected income),
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we find that the top three quintiles of men and the top two quintiles of
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women prefer unilateral divorce.'
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affiliation: 'Fernandez, R (Corresponding Author), NYU, Dept Econ, 19 W 4th St, New
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York, NY 10012 USA.
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Fernandez, R (Corresponding Author), NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
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Fernandez, R (Corresponding Author), CEPR, Washington, DC 61942 USA.
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Fernandez, R (Corresponding Author), IZA, Washington, DC USA.
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Fernandez, R (Corresponding Author), ESOP, Washington, DC USA.
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Fernandez, R (Corresponding Author), BREAD, Washington, DC USA.
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Fernandez, Raquel, NYU, Dept Econ, 19 W 4th St, New York, NY 10012 USA.
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Fernandez, Raquel, NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
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Fernandez, Raquel, CEPR, Washington, DC 61942 USA.
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Fernandez, Raquel, IZA, Washington, DC USA.
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Fernandez, Raquel, ESOP, Washington, DC USA.
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Fernandez, Raquel, BREAD, Washington, DC USA.
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Wong, Joyce Cheng, Int Monetary Fund, 1900 Penn Ave NW, Washington, DC 20431 USA.'
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author: Fernandez, Raquel and Wong, Joyce Cheng
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author-email: 'raquel.fernandez@nyu.edu
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jwong2@imf.org'
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author_list:
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- family: Fernandez
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given: Raquel
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- family: Wong
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given: Joyce Cheng
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1257/mac.20150293
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eissn: 1945-7715
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files: []
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issn: 1945-7707
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journal: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MACROECONOMICS
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keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; UNILATERAL DIVORCE; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES;
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WAGE INEQUALITY; MARRIED-WOMEN; CHILD-CARE; LAWS; FERTILITY; RATES; WORK'
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language: English
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month: JUL
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '55'
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pages: 72-115
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papis_id: 6702e3d16edaa34ba7ad1749f91fad91
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ref: Fernandez2017freeleave
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times-cited: '8'
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title: Free to Leave? A Welfare Analysis of Divorce Regimes
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000408152400003
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '5'
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volume: '9'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2017'
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