Does Divorce Law Matter?

Giulio Fella, Paola Manzini () and Marco Mariotti

No 439, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: In this paper we derive an explicit model of negotiations between spouses when utility is (partially) transferable only in case of separation. We show that inefficient separation may occur in equilibrium even under consensual divorce law. This provides theoretical support for the view that changes in social norms rather than in legislation may be responsible for increasing divorce rates.

Keywords: Bargaining; divorce; non transferability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C78 J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mic
Date: 2002-02

Downloads: (external link)
ftp://repec.iza.org/RePEc/Discussionpaper/dp439.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
Working Paper: Does Divorce Law Matter? (2002)
Journal Article: Does Divorce Law Matter? (2004)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp439

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
IZA, Margard Ody, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Address: IZA, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany
Contact information at EDIRC.
Series data maintained by Mark Fallak ().