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Educational disadvantage and single parenthood
15 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: family demographics, single parents
Are Moms Less Likely Than Dads To Pay Child Support? | FiveThirtyEight
10 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, law and economics, poverty and inequality
In 2011, 32 percent of custodial fathers didn’t receive any of the child support that had been awarded to them, compared with 25.1 percent of custodial mothers. That’s a relatively small difference. And when you look at the other extreme (i.e., the percentage of parents who receive the full amount), the difference isn’t statistically significant at all: 43.6 percent of custodial mothers compared with 41.4 percent of fathers.
Then there’s the gray area in between paying nothing and paying everything. The most common amount of child support due to custodial mothers is $4,800 annually, of which $2,500 is typically received (52 percent). For custodial fathers, median annual child support is less — it’s $4,160 — and fathers receive 40 percent of the amount they’re due.
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The changing face of marriage in America
03 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: same-sex marriage
Richard Posner on libertarian scepticism about law as an engine of women’s liberation
25 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
The sanctity of marriage and the law, historically contemplated
20 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, law and economics, liberalism Tags: marriage and divorce
Lessons from a Feminist Paradise
12 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, population economics Tags: gender wage gap
When divorce lawyers can advertise
07 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of love and marriage, entrepreneurship, law and economics Tags: advertising, entrepreneurial alertness, family law
How the American family has changed
29 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, welfare reform Tags: family demographics, marriage and divorce, single parents
Gender pay gap: do women earn 77% of what men do?
22 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: employer discrimination, gender wage gap, sex discrimination
Economists find rare empirical evidence of love in unique marriage survey
20 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of love and marriage, economics of marriage, labour economics Tags: assortative mating
The key research questions that reveal all are:
- How happy are you in your marriage relative to how happy you would be if you weren’t in the marriage? [Much worse; worse; same; better; much better.]
- How do you think your spouse answered that question?
via Economists find rare empirical evidence of love in unique marriage survey.
The Emerging Marriage Majority — The Monkey Cage
17 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, law and economics, liberalism Tags: marriage equality, social change
A pretty fair divorce settlement cheque
09 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
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Oil billionaire Harold Hamm's ex-wife appears to have accepted $975 million divorce check: on.wsj.com/1xXN2DH http://t.co/HtDwPsTy2E—
Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 09, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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