Human capital and the probability of divorce

Ori Zax

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Abstract: Concern about the high poverty rates experienced by children in female-headed households has led to policies aimed at increasing these households' income. In this paper we present a model that analyzes decisions made before and during marriage to invest in the human capital of parents and children. These decisions result from a variety of anticipated post-divorce monetary transfers between spouses.

Keywords: Child care; marital dissolution; public policy; human capital. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J18 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11-22
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Journal Article: HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE PROBABILITY OF DIVORCE (2015)
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