Artikel

Do joint custody laws improve family well-being?

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents’ divorce have changed dramatically since the 1970s. Traditionally, one parent—usually the mother—was assigned sole custody of the child. Today, many divorced parents continue to share parental rights and responsibilities through joint custody arrangements. While joint custody laws have improved the situation of divorced fathers, recent empirical research has documented intended and unintended consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic violence, and child outcomes.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2015 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Family and Personal Law
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Thema
joint custody
marriage
divorce
fertility
suicide
child outcomes

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Halla, Martin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.147
Handle
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Halla, Martin
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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