Suggested Readings and Web Sites

for

LAW & ECONOMICS

Family Law

Carnegie Mellon has a nice site with links on what is a family?, domestic partnerships and same sex marriages. Click here to go to the site.

Marriage and Divorce

J. Morse. (2001). Love & Economics. Dallas: Spence Publishing.

Binner, Jane M., & Dnes, Antony W. (2001). Marriage, divorce, and legal change: New evidence from England and Wales. Economic Inquiry, 39, no. 2, 298-306.

Division of assets, prenuptial agreements

H. Mahar. (2003). Why Are There So Few Prenuptial Agreements?. Discussion Paper No. 436, Harvard John M. Olin Discussion paper Series.

Custody and support of the children

Gruber, Jonathan. (2000). Is Making Divorce Easier Bad For Children? The Long Run Implications of Unilateral Divorce. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series. Available at: http://www.nber.org/papers/w7968.

Rights of children

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