Plausibly Exogenous [1831] - Divorce Laws (02/06/2025)

LHS Variable
Couples’ intertemporal choices and well-being

RHS Variable
Divorce laws

Source of Exogenous Variation
Variation in the introduction of equitable distribution over the course of the 1970s and 1980s

- Voena (2015), “Yours, mine, and ours: Do divorce laws affect the intertemporal behavior of married couples?”