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The Fragility of Estimated Effects of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates

Lee, Jin Young, Solon, Gary·2011·The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
DOI 10.2202/1935-1682.2994
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Following an influential article by Friedberg (1998) on the response of divorce rates to the adoption of unilateral divorce laws, Wolfers (2006) explored the sensitivity of Friedberg’s results to allowing for dynamic response. We in turn explore the sensitivity of Wolfers’s results to variations in estimation method and functional form, and we find that the results are extremely fragile. We conclude first that the impact of unilateral divorce laws remains unclear. Second, we make the methodological point that identification in differences-in-differences research becomes weaker in the presence of dynamics, especially in the presence of unit-specific time trends.

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  • Parametric approaches to controlling for pre-existing trends may be sensitive to functional form assumptions.

    “Third, parametric approaches to controlling for pre-existing trends may be sensitive to functional form assumptions (Wolfers, 2006;Lee and Solon, 2011).”

    From A More Credible Approach to Parallel Trends (2023) · cites this paper as Lee and Solon, 2011

  • There are often concerns that the linear specification is not exactly correct.

    “There are often concerns, however, that the linear specification is not exactly correct (Wolfers, 2006;Lee and Solon, 2011).”

    From A More Credible Approach to Parallel Trends (2023) · cites this paper as Lee and Solon, 2011

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Authors
Lee, J. Y., & Solon, G.
Affiliations
  • Korea Economic Research Institute (KR)
  • National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
ORCID
Lee, Jin Young
Venue
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Published
2011-08-15
Volume
11
Issue
1
ISSN
1935-1682 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2202/1935-1682.2994
OpenAlex
W2104599668
Cited by
55
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
Keywords
divorce rates, dynamic response, functional form, estimation methods

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