Divorce Law and Women’s Labor Supply

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dc.contributor.authorStevenson, Betsey
dc.date2023-05-17T14:43:25.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T12:31:46Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T12:31:46Z
dc.date.issued2008-12-01
dc.date.submitted2016-06-19T10:46:34-07:00
dc.description.abstractDivorce law changes made in the 1970s affected marital formation, dissolution, and bargaining within marriage. By altering the terms of the marital contract, these legal changes impacted the incentives for women to enter and remain in the labor force. Whereas earlier work suggests that the impact of unilateral divorce on female employment depends critically on laws governing property division, I show that these results are not robust to alternative specifications and controls. I find, instead, that unilateral divorce led to an increase in both married and unmarried female labor force participation, regardless of the preexisting laws regarding property division.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/5141
dc.legacy.articleid1045
dc.legacy.fields10.1111/j.1740-1461.2008.00143.x
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=bepp_papers&unstamped=1
dc.rightsThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Stevenson, Betsey “Divorce-Law and Women’s Labor Supply,” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, December 2008, 5 (4): 853-873, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-1461.2008.00143.x/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving [link to http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms].
dc.source.beginpage853
dc.source.endpage873
dc.source.issue103
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.journalBusiness Economics and Public Policy Papers
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Empirical Legal Studies
dc.source.peerreviewedtrue
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume5
dc.subject.othermarriage
dc.subject.otherdivorce
dc.subject.otherhousehold allocation
dc.subject.otherfemale labor force participation
dc.subject.otherEconomics
dc.subject.otherLegal Studies
dc.titleDivorce Law and Women’s Labor Supply
dc.typeArticle
digcom.contributor.authorStevenson, Betsey
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