Did unilateral divorce raise divorce rates? Evidence from panel data

Article Abstract:

An analysis of unilateral divorce effects on overall divorce rates reveals that divorce rates would have been 6% lower had states not adopted unilateral divorce laws. The study also reveals that unilateral divorce accounted for 17 of all divorces between 1968 and 1988 and that there are a number of other factors responsible for raising divorce rates in the US. The study concludes that controlling for no-fault divorce can lower divorce rates in the US.

Social indicators, No-fault divorce, No fault divorce

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Divorce-law changes, household bargaining, and married women's labor supply

Article Abstract:

An analysis of married women responses to property right reassignments bought about by changes in divorce laws reveals that reassignment does not increase the likelihood of divorce. Moreover, the study reveals that wives favored by the reassignment increased their labor supply with the opposite true for women not favored by the changes and that changes reflect home production changes that changes in leisure activities.

Surveys, Married women, Divorce settlements, Divorced women

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Examining the role of social isolation in stated preferences

Article Abstract:

Policy makers rely on stated preference methods to promote values such as improvement in air and water quality. The benefits from the costs on such social measures are not perceivable immediately. A study analyzing the role of social isolation in stated preferences methods is presented.

Health, Educatn & Welfare Programs, Administration of Human Resource Programs, Maryland, New Mexico, Interpretation and construction, Social policy

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