Economics of Marital Instability / Gary S. Becker, Elisabeth M. Landes, Robert T. Michael.

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Becker, Gary S. [Browse]
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English
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  • Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1976.
  • Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1976.
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  • Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0153. [More in this series]
  • NBER working paper series no. w0153
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This paper focuses on the causes of divorce. Section I developsa theoretical analysis of marital dissolution incorporating uncertaintyabout the outcomes of marital decisions into a framework of utilitymaximization and the marriage market. Section II explores the implica-tions of the theoretical analysis with cross-sectional data,primarilythe 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity and the Terman sample. Therelevance of both the theoretical and empirical analyses in explainingthe recent acceleration in the U.S. divorce rate is discussed.
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October 1976.
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  • 10.3386/w0153
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