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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Spousal Conflict and Divorce
Contributor:
Zhylyevskyy, Oleksandr
Published:
University of Chicago Press, 2012
Published in:
Journal of Labor Economics, 30 (2012) 4, Seite 915-962
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1086/666654
ISSN:
0734-306X;
1537-5307
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>The optimal balance between keeping marriages intact, despite spousal conflict, and allowing for divorce is a subject of policy debate in the United States. To explore the trade-offs, I construct a structural model with information asymmetries, which may generate inefficient outcomes. Parameters are estimated using data from the National Survey of Families and Households. I find that eliminating separation periods decreases the conflict rate by 9.2% of its baseline level and increases the divorce rate by 4.0%. Perfect child support enforcement decreases the frequency of conflict and divorce by 2.7% and 21.2%, respectively, and reduces the incidence of inefficient divorces.</p>