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Department of Economics Working Papers,
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics
No 149: Does Custody Law Affect Family Behavior In and Out of Marriage?
Rene Böheim, Marco Francesconi and Martin Halla ()
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Rene Böheim: Department of Economics, University of Linz
Marco Francesconi: Department of Economics, University of Essex
Martin Halla: Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Abstract: We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population. We also use unique data obtained from court records to analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates show that joint custody significantly reduces divorce and female employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total money transfer received by mothers after divorce. We interpret these results as evidence against Becker-Coase bargains and in support of a mechanism driven by a resource redistribution that favors men giving them greater incentives to invest in marriage specific capital.
Keywords: Divorce, Fertility, Bargaining, Intrahousehold Allocations, Austria
JEL-codes: J12; J13; J18; K36; N32; R2 February 2013
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