TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Atteneder, Christine
AU  - Halla, Martin
        TI  - Bargaining at Divorce: The Allocation of Custody
        PY  - 2007/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2544
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2544
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - (joint) custody
KW  - divorce
KW  - family law
KW  - bargaining
        ER  -