The Role of Paternity Presumption and Custodial Rights for Understanding Marriage Patterns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9723960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lena Edlund (Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 320 |
| Pages | 650-669 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecca.12035 |
| OpenAlex | W2085509828 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 47 |
In marriage, men obtain and women surrender parental rights because: (i) by default, an unmarried woman giving birth is the child's only known parent and sole custodian; (ii) a married mother shares custody with her husband and the presumed father; (iii) custody allocation in marriage is fixed; (iv) private contracts on rights over children amount to trade in children and have limited legal validity. As a result: (i) women, not men, marry up; (ii) higher income has opposite effects on men's and women's willingness to marry; (iii) out‐of‐wedlock fertility results when trade is not feasible
Child support · Demographic economics · Economics · Fertility · Political science · Population · Presumption · Sociology · Surrender · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |