We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population.
We also use unique data obtained from court records to analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes.
Our estimates show that joint custody significantly reduces divorce and female employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates,
and leads to a substantial increase in the total money transfer received by mothers after divorce.
We interpret these results as evidence against Becker-Coase bargains and in support of a mechanism driven by a resource redistribution that favors men giving them greater incentives to invest in marriage specific capital. (authors' abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:3821 |
| Date | 02 1900 |
| Creators | Böheim, Rene, Francesconi, Marco, Halla, Martin |
| Publisher | WU Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Paper, NonPeerReviewed |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Relation | http://www.wu.ac.at/economics/forschung/wp, http://epub.wu.ac.at/3821/ |
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