The effects of divorce laws on labor supply: a reconsideration and new results

Yuqing Zhou ()
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Yuqing Zhou: Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles

Economics Bulletin, 2018, vol. 38, issue 4, 1877-1888

Abstract: In this paper, I revisit the effects of unilateral divorce laws on female labor supply. I use a variety of models to check the robustness of the results and find that the estimated effects on female labor supply are remarkably robust. The main estimates that I use in this paper suggest that unilateral divorce laws increase female labor force participation rates by roughly 4–5 percentage points and that these effects strengthen over time. There are also strong, long-term effects on the weeks and hours of work and on participation in full-time work. In addition, this paper compares the dynamic participation responses of married mothers versus married non-mothers, high-education versus low-education women, young versus old women and white versus black women.

Keywords: Divorce Laws; Labor Supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J2 K1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10-17
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