United but (un)equal: human capital, probability of divorce, and the marriage contract
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of Labor United but ( Un - ) Equal : Human Capital , Probability of Divorce and the Marriage Contract IZA DP No . 7038 November 2012
United but (Un-)Equal: Human Capital, Probability of Divorce and the Marriage Contract * This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk. Symmetry in education (both spouses receive an equal amount of educa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Population Economics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0933-1433,1432-1475
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-014-0504-1