Less Alimony after Divorce – Spouses’ Behavioral Response to the 2008 Alimony Reform in Germany
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- Bredtmann, Julia & Vonnahme, Christina, 2017. "Less Alimony after Divorce: Spouses' Behavioral Response to the 2008 Alimony Reform in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 10864, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Bredtmann, Julia & Vonnahme, Christina, 2017. "Less alimony after divorce: Spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 702, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
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Keywords
Alimony; marital instability; female labor supply; intra-household bargaining;JEL classification:
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2017-12-03 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2017-12-03 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LAW-2017-12-03 (Law & Economics)
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