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Gonzalez, Libertad; Ozcan, Berkay – Journal of Human Resources, 2013
We analyze the causal impact of an increase in the risk of marital dissolution on the saving behavior of married couples. We use the legalization of divorce in Ireland in 1996 as an exogenous shock to the risk of divorce. We propose several comparison groups (unaffected by the law change) that allow us to use a difference-in-differences approach.…
Descriptors: Risk, Divorce, Comparative Analysis, Money Management