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Title: Non-Marital Childbearing and Marital Property Laws: An Application of the WIHO Model
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2023
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Abstract: This article analyzes choice between marital and non-marital childbearing based on a conceptual model that considers the repercussions of marriage laws for the individual wellbeing of women and men living in couples. Childbearing responses to changes in three marriage laws are evaluated: (1) the annulment of coverture laws in the second half of the 19 th Century and the first part of the 20 th Century; (2) a switch in legal regime used to attribute marital property (from a British system generally less protective of the property rights of lower-earning spouses to a regime of community property), and (3) changes in the availability of Common law marriage in addition to regular marriage. The model is based on a WIHO (Work-In-Household) model and assumes that individual women and men make decisions regarding production and reproduction.
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Authors: Grossbard, Shoshana
Series Title: HCEO Working Paper Series
Publication Number: 5
Institution: University of Chicago
Pages: 1-20
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Reproductive and Sexual Health
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