Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU)
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Item A review of literature concerning some emotional residues experienced by divorced persons(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1973) Stamos, Donna Ann Freni; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: S. Gordon SimpsonItem Divorce, death, and grief(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1979) Macferran, Hervey WalkerItem The effect of personal bankruptcy exemptions on divorce(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2011) Burns, Katherine Lindsay; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Christiana Stoddard.This paper estimates the effects of Chapter 7 bankruptcy exemptions on the divorce decision. Using an individual level panel data set, three empirical models are estimated. The results suggest that a rise in the total exemption has a small positive effect on the probability of divorce. The most significant contribution of this paper comes from a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator that separates the total exemption into the personal property and the homestead exemption. The model estimates the differential effects of the homestead exemption on homeowners and non-homeowners. Results do not suggest that homeowners and non-homeowners react differently to an increase in the homestead exemption. This paper extends on previous research by providing additional theoretical and empirical implications, and through its use of an individual panel data set.Item The effect of divorce risk on the labor force participation of women with and without children(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2005) Genadek, Katie Rose; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Wendy A. Stock.This paper examines the effects of divorce risk on the labor force participation responses of married women. The empirical analysis uses a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator to compare changes in labor force participation associated with the passage of state-level divorce laws, focusing on the responses of married women with children relative to married women without children. The most important new finding is that married mothers have greater labor force participation responses to no-fault divorce laws than do married non-mothers in states with such laws, even after controlling for differences in labor force participation among married women with and without children in states without no-fault divorce laws. The results suggest that the probability of being in the labor force associated with no-fault divorce law is about 5 percent higher for women with children relative to women without children. Previous research has underestimated the effect of divorce laws on female labor force participation because it failed to account for differences between women with and without children.