%0 Report
        %A Böheim, René
%A Francesconi, Marco
%A Halla, Martin
        %T Does Custody Law Affect Family Behavior In and Out of Marriage?
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 Dec
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 7064
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7064
        %X We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population. We also use unique data obtained from court records to analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates show that joint custody significantly reduces divorce and female employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total money transfer received by mothers after divorce. We interpret these results as evidence against Becker-Coase bargains and in support of a mechanism driven by a resource redistribution that favors men giving them greater incentives to invest in marriage specific capital.
        %K divorce
%K fertility
%K bargaining
%K intrahousehold allocations
%K Austria