TY - JOUR
T1 - No-fault divorce laws and the labor supply of women with and without children
AU - Genadek, Katie R.
AU - Stock, Wendy A.
AU - Stoddard, Christiana
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We use a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator to compare changes in labor force participation, weeks, and hours of work associated with no-fault divorce laws, allowing for differential responses for married women with and without children. Although other research has found that the labor supply of women in general does not respond to no-fault divorce laws, we find that no-fault divorce laws are associated with increases in the labor supply of married mothers relative to married nonmothers, even after controlling for changes in female labor supply in states without no-fault divorce laws and for property division rules associated with the laws.
AB - We use a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator to compare changes in labor force participation, weeks, and hours of work associated with no-fault divorce laws, allowing for differential responses for married women with and without children. Although other research has found that the labor supply of women in general does not respond to no-fault divorce laws, we find that no-fault divorce laws are associated with increases in the labor supply of married mothers relative to married nonmothers, even after controlling for changes in female labor supply in states without no-fault divorce laws and for property division rules associated with the laws.
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U2 - 10.3368/jhr.xlii.1.247
DO - 10.3368/jhr.xlii.1.247
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33846964900
SN - 0022-166X
VL - 42
SP - 247
EP - 274
JO - Journal of Human Resources
JF - Journal of Human Resources
IS - 1
ER -