Is Making Divorce Easier Bad for Children? The Long‐Run Implications of Unilateral Divorce

By Jonathan Gruber. Journal of Labor Economics, 2004

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The Economics of the Marriage Contract: Theories and Evidence (2008, background): “Whether this change leads the divorce rate under unilateral divorce laws to be higher or lower than it is under mutual-consent laws depends on the underlying reason why individuals choose to marry.”
Does single parenthood increase the probability of teenage promiscuity, substance use, and crime? (2007, background): “Moreover, even if there was more legislative variations, divorce law changes may not be valid instruments for divorce since they directly change many other things as well (see Gruber 2004 for a detailed discussion of this point).”
The Effect of Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Europe (2009, unknown): “Many worry about the negative economic consequences of divorce for women and children, and there is some evidence that more liberal divorce laws have negative effects on long-term outcomes for children (Gruber, 2004).”
Diverging destinies: How children are faring under the second demographic transition (2004, background): “…Sundstrom 2004; Case, Lin, and McLanahan 2001; Ermish and Francesconi 2001; Gennetian forthcoming; Ginther and Pollak 2004), instrumental variables (Gruber 2000; Johnson and Mazingo 2000), natural experiments (Gertler et al. 2004), and growth-curve analysis (Cherlin, Chase-Lansdale, and McRae…”
Military deployments and children's academic achievement: Evidence from Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (2010, background): “For example, recent papers by Gruber (2004) and Katz, Kling, and Liebman (2001) have highlighted the need for careful empirical analysis in this area.”
Parental Job Loss and Children's School Performance (2011, background): “Job loss could also trigger other disruptions to the child’s environment, such as parental divorce or relocation, which impede a child’s educational performance (e.g. Gruber 2004 and Astone and Mclanahan 1994).”
College Major Choice and the Gender Gap (2013, background): “Similarly, Hurd et al. (2004) show that subjective survival probabilities a¤ect retirement behavior and timing of social security benets claims in meaningful ways.”
Divorce Law and Women's Labor Supply (2008, unknown): “Replacing the definition of unilateral divorce with that followed in Gruber (2004) or Friedberg (1998) yields qualitatively similar results.”
Family structure and child outcomes in the USA and Sweden (2007, background): “Gruber (2004) employs 40 years of census data and changes in state divorce laws to evaluate whether exposure to unilateral divorce is bad for children's educational outcomes.”