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100			_aClark, Simon
245			_aLaw, property, and marital dissolution
260			_c1999
300			_ap.C41-54
362			_aMar
520			_aThis paper challenges the view that legal rights are not important in affecting whether people divorce, but it puts as much emphasis on property rights (given, for example, by the law on alimony) as on dissolution rights. The paper sets out two stylised models of marriage and examines the consequences of fuller compensation for economic sacrifices made during marriage. If the dominant economic issue in a marriage is who undertakes household tasks then a law giving fuller compensation makes divorce more likely. If the dominant issue is child custody, divorce is less likely. - Reproduced
650			_aFamily disorganization
773			_aEconomic Journal
909			_a40663
999			_c40663 _d40663