Bargaining at Divorce: The Allocation of Custody

Atteneder, Christine; Halla, Martin

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Bargaining at Divorce: The Allocation of Custody

Johannes Kepler University Linz - Department of Economics; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

January 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2544

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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.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 31

Keywords: (joint) custody, divorce, family law, bargaining

JEL Classification: J12, J13, K36, D1, C78

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Date posted: January 23, 2007

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Atteneder, Christine and Halla, Martin, Bargaining at Divorce: The Allocation of Custody (January 2007). IZA Discussion Paper No. 2544. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=958703

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Christine Atteneder (Contact Author) University of Linz ( email ) Altenbergerstr. 69 A-4040 Linz, 4040 Austria HOME PAGE: http://www.econ.jku.at/profile.php?id=9452
Martin Halla University of Linz - Department of Economics ( email ) Altenbergerstrasse 69 A-4040 Linz, 4040 Austria
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) P.O. Box 7240 Bonn, D-53072 Germany

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Bargaining at Divorce: The Allocation of Custody

Christine Atteneder

Martin Halla

Date posted: January 23, 2007

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Christine Atteneder (Contact Author)

Martin Halla