@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12150,
            	author={Kabátek, Jan},
            	title={Divorced in a Flash: The Effect of the Administrative Divorce Option on Marital Stability in the Netherlands},
            	year={2019},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={12150},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12150},
	abstract={Administrative divorce is an optional divorce procedure which allows couples to bypass the court system and dissolve their marriages in a streamlined, uncontested process. The lack of court involvement renders the administrative divorce faster and less expensive than the conventional divorce. In this paper, I investigate whether the administrative divorce option affected the stability of marriages in the Netherlands. Leveraging the ban of the procedure in 2009, I show that the divorce risks were 11.6% higher under the legal regime which allowed for administrative divorce. This effect is causal, and it exhibits considerable heterogeneity, being stronger among dual-earner couples, native couples, and couples living in rural regions.},
	keywords={marital stability;divorce;administrative divorce;divorce costs},
            }