Divorce laws and divorce rate in the US

Marcassa, Stefania

doi:10.1515/bejm-2012-0149

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“…Divorce rates have been on the rise in the United States and most European countries since the 1960s. As a result, there has been an influx of publications on the topic of divorce and marriage in the West [1]. The situation should be very different for the Middle East, especially in Egypt, given the collectivistic focus of the region.…”

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Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Mendoza

Tolba

Saleh

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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Divorce rates have been increasing around the world, and the Middle East is not immune to this reality. This pilot study investigates the phenomenological experiences of divorce for 20 Egyptian females. The study is qualitative, using in-depth interviews asking 14 questions that address different aspects of struggling marriages and post-divorce life. Five main themes were derived using a conventional approach to content analysis. The themes are: Expectations before marriage, secret life, relational dynamics, mental health, and resilience. Several sub-themes were identified in each category. The themes and subthemes are discussed. What was surprising was that many women experienced a greater sense of resilience and level of empowerment as a result of their post-divorce process. Recommendations for future research are discussed, including a replication of the study with a more stratified sample group and inclusion of men prior to developing any interventions.

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Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Mendoza

Tolba

Saleh

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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“…To date, research has largely focused on the impact of these regimes on the divorce rate (Mechoulan 2006, Smith 2007, Marcassa 2008, Langlais 2009. Clark (1999), Fella, Manzini and Mariotti (2004) and Chiappori, Iyigun and Weiss (2007) illustrate that property division laws can affect the divorce rate even in the absence of bargaining transaction costs.…”

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“…3 There has also been some work on the impact of variation in child support and child custody laws on marriage and divorce rates (Marcassa 2008, Barham, Devlin and Yang 2006, Halla 2008 In a covenant marriage a couple has limited grounds for divorce and must undergo premarital counselling. Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona currently offer covenant marriages.…”

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Divorce Property Division Laws and the Decision to Marry or Cohabit

Fisher

2011

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

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This paper presents a model of the choice between marriage and cohabitation for a couple who have decided to form a relationship. The model is used to analyse the implications of changing from a title based division of property on divorce to an equal sharing regime. There are two opposing effects. In line with popular expectations, the change to an equal sharing regime prevents some wealthy individuals from marrying since they risk losing half of their assets in the event of divorce. Offsetting this, the equal sharing property division regime enables cooperative investments to be made in marriage, and so increases the value of marriage relative to cohabitation for some couples. Overall the impact on the marriage rate is ambiguous, although the rate is most likely to increase where it is more difficult to make cooperative investments due to unilateral divorce laws, and where couples are more similar to each other, reducing their cost of divorce.

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Reinforcement sensitivity theory and relationship satisfaction via mastery

Shahzadi

Walker

2019

Personality and Individual Differences

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Divorce laws and divorce rate in the US

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Divorce Property Division Laws and the Decision to Marry or Cohabit

Reinforcement sensitivity theory and relationship satisfaction via mastery

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