Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law

Edited by Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright

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Abstract: The Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law gives us a series of original essays by distinguished scholars in economics, law or both. The essays represent a variety of approaches to the field. Many contain extensive surveys of the literature with respect to the particular question they address. Some employ empirical economics, others are more narrowly legal. They have in common one thing: each scholar employs a core economic tool or insight to shed light on some aspect of family law and social institutions broadly understood. Topics covered include: divorce, child support, infant feeding, abortion access, prostitution, the decline in marriage, birth control and incentives for partnering.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781848444379
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Is it Just about Love? Factors that Influence Marriage

Joseph Price

Ch 2 Diverging Family Structure and ‘Rational’ Behavior: The Decline in Marriage as a Disorder of Choice

Amy L. Wax

Ch 3 Economic Perspectives on Marriage: Causes, Consequences, and Public Policy

Robert Lerman

Ch 4 Trends in Marital Stability

Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Ch 5 The State’s Choice of Divorce Law

Michael Hanlon

Ch 6 Partnering and Incentive Structures

Antony Dnes

Ch 7 The Anatomy of Canada’s Child Support Guidelines: The Effects, Details, and History of a Feminist Family Policy

Douglas Allen

Ch 8 The Economics of Infant Feeding

Tiffany Green and Katherine Dickinson

Ch 9 Abortion Access and Risky Sex

Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann

Ch 10 Prostitution, Technology, and the Law: New Data and Directions

Scott Cunningham and Todd D. Kendall

Ch 11 A Survey of the Literature on Early Legal Access to the Birth Control Pill and its Influence on Young Women’s Fertility, Education, Career and Labor Supply

Melanie Guldi

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