@techreport{NBERw0153,
 title = "Economics of Marital Instability",
 author = "Gary S. Becker and Elisabeth M. Landes and Robert T. Michael",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "153",
 year = "1976",
 month = "October",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w0153",
 abstract = {This paper focuses on the causes of divorce. Section I developsa theoretical analysis of marital dissolution incorporating uncertaintyabout the outcomes of marital decisions into a framework of utilitymaximization and the marriage market. Section II explores the implica-tions of the theoretical analysis with cross-sectional data,primarilythe 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity and the Terman sample. Therelevance of both the theoretical and empirical analyses in explainingthe recent acceleration in the U.S. divorce rate is discussed.},
}