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- Title
ANOTHER LOOK AT NO-FAULT DIVORCE AND THE POST-DIVORCE FINANCES OF WOMEN.
- Authors
Jacob, Herbert
- Abstract
Recent studies by Weitzman (1985) and Peters (1986) suggest that no-fault divorce has harmed women. The research presented here tests these findings by examining the effects of no-fault divorce on the financial situation of women using data on salary and wage income, home ownership, and child support from the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) of Labor Market Experience (Ohio State University Center for Human Resource Research [OSU], 1986) young women's cohort. The analyses do not support the hypothesis that no-fault divorce produces adverse financial effects. Rather, it appears that no-fault has had little effect on women's finances. Alternative models that might explain how divorce law affects the financial condition of women are suggested.
- Subjects
NO-fault divorce; DIVORCED people; DIVORCED women; SINGLE mothers; LEGAL status of divorced women; ALIMONY; FINANCE; ECONOMIC conditions of women
- Publication
Law & Society Review, 1989, Vol 23, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
0023-9216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3053882