Economics behind the law: why number of divorce cases grows when families become wealthier?

Shuntian Yao () and Euston Quah

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2013, vol. 35, issue 1, 137-143

Abstract: In this paper we study the effects of increasing family wealth on the number of divorce cases in a society. We assume that, when one party of a married couple seeks for divorce, the physical family wealth is equally divided between the homemaker and the breadwinner according to the Law. Through some simple mathematical analysis we discover that the number of divorce cases will increase when the amounts of family wealth increase. Our theoretical result is well-justified by the observation from the Chinese society after the Reforms. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013

Keywords: Law of 50–50 division rule; Private utility; Social welfare; Unstable families; D19; K19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-011-9297-9

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