Who divorces whom: unilateral divorce legislation and the educational structure of marriage
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985998%3A_____%2F24%3A00597953" target="_blank" >RIV/67985998:_____/24:00597953 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11640/24:00604631
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11462868" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11462868</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11462868" target="_blank" >10.1215/00703370-11462868</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Who divorces whom: unilateral divorce legislation and the educational structure of marriage
Original language description
The introduction of unilateral divorce legislation (UDL) starting in the late 1960s led to spikes in U.S. divorce rates. We ask whether making divorce easier affected the educational structure of marriage. Using marriage and divorce certificate data covering 1970–1988, we provide new evidence on the evolution of the educational structure of marriage inflows (newlyweds) and outflows (divorces). Next, we leverage the timing of UDL introduction across states to estimate its effects on both flows. We find that UDL affected the educational structure of divorce but not of new marriages: it made generally unstable hypogamous couples (women married to less educated partners) less likely to divorce and made homogamous couples more stable than hypergamous ones (women married to more educated partners).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Demography
ISSN
0070-3370
e-ISSN
1533-7790
Volume of the periodical
61
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
1097-1116
UT code for WoS article
001308774900009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85200827136