17.01.2013 Views

Pierre André Chiappori (Columbia) "Family Economics" - Cemmap

Pierre André Chiappori (Columbia) "Family Economics" - Cemmap

Pierre André Chiappori (Columbia) "Family Economics" - Cemmap

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

11. Marriage, Divorce, Children 481<br />

This formulation separates the properties of the distribution of the unanticipated<br />

shocks from the properties of the trigger θ ∗ (p) that summarized<br />

the impact of the expected remarriage rate on the expected gains from divorce.<br />

Because F −1 (p) rises in p, while θ ∗ (p) declines (rises) in p when a<br />

child is (not) present, there may be two equilibrium points: a high divorce<br />

(remarriage) without children and a low divorce (remarriage) with children.<br />

Numerical Example 11.1<br />

We now present a numerical example that illustrates some of the results.<br />

We adopt here a slightly more flexible formulation, allowing the father to<br />

suffer a utility loss when he lives separately from the child, δ

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!