Bargaining at divorce
Subtitle: the allocation of custody
By: by Christine Atteneder, Martin Halla.
Contributors: Halla, Martin.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2544; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2544
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Custody of children.; Divorce.
Description: "We model the bargaining process of parents over custody at the time of divorce. First we assume an institutional setting where only sole custody is available. In a second step we reform this institutional setting and introduce the possibility of joint custody. We show that some parents, who would not be able to find an agreement in a sole custody regime, can find an agreement after the joint custody reform. Accordingly, our empirical analysis shows that the introduction of joint custody enables more parents to divorce by mutual consent"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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