TRANSFERS AMONG DIVORCED COUPLES - EVIDENCE AND INTERPRETATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: WEISS, Y; WILLIS, RJ
• 署名单位: University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298310
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 629-679
• 关键词: marriage; GOODS; LAW

摘要

We analyze divorce settlements made by a cohort of whites who graduated from high school in 1972. The effects of spouses' incomes on the divorce transfer are estimated and used to simulate the welfare effects of divorce on husbands, wives, and children under alternative assumptions about marriage contracts and the ability of a couple to continue coordinating resources in the aftermath of divorce. We find a positive (negative) relationship between divorce transfers and the growth of husband's (wife's) earnings during marriage. The estimated expenditure on children in the divorce state is only half the accustomed level during marriage.