THE EFFECT OF JOINT CUSTODY ON FAMILY OUTCOMES
Since the 1970s almost all US states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. I analyze the causal effect of these custody law reforms on different family outcomes. My identification strategy exploits the different timing of reforms across the US states. Estimations based on state pane...
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| Volume: | 11 |
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| Main Author: | Martin Halla |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academic |
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Malden, USA Wiley-Blackwell 01.04.2013 Blackwell Publishing Inc WILEY-BLACKWELL Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
| published in: | Journal of the European Economic Association Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 278 - 315 |
| Data of publication: | 20130401 |
| ISSN: |
1542-4766 1542-4774 |
| EISSN: |
1542-4774 |
| Discipline: | Economics |
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The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce Acknowledgments: For very helpful comments I would like to thank four anonymous referees and the editor Stefano DellaVigna. The paper has also benefited from comments and discussions with Joshua Angrist, René Boeheim, David Card, Steven Raphael, Steven Stillman, Christian Traxler, Daniela Vuri, Andrea Weber, Rudolf Winter‐Ebmer, Justin Wolfers, participants of the Annual Meeting 2008 of the Austrian Economic Association in Vienna, the Annual Conference 2008 of the European Society for Population Economics in London, the Annual Conference 2008 of the European Association of Labour Economists in Amsterdam, the Law & Economics Workshop of the University of Bonn, the Seminar at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, and the Labor Lunch Seminar at the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley. I also thank Elisabeth Christen and David Eggler for excellent research assistance. The usual disclaimer applies. This paper was partly written during my visiting scholarship at the Center for Labor Economics at UC Berkeley. I would like to thank for the stimulating academic environment and hospitality there. This research was funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (NRN Labor Economics and the Welfare State). A previous version of this paper was circulated under the title An Online Appendix provides additional material. The editor in charge of this paper was Stefano DellaVigna. |
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