Alimony: What Social Science and Popular Culture Tell Us About Women, Guilt, and Spousal Support After Divorce [PDF]
, 2011 Over the past few decades, fewer divorcing women have received alimony, and when alimony awards are made, they are in declining amounts and for shorter periods of time.
McMullen, Judith G.
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The Impact of Parental Divorce on Children Through the Mothers' Lens: A Phenomenological Study
Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Divorce is a significant life event that can deeply affect children's emotional and social well‐being. According to attachment theory, disruptions in the parent–child bond during or after divorce may cause emotional insecurity and difficulties in adjustment.
Zeynep Kisecik Sengul +2 more
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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Criminalization of relinquishment to pay maintenance in the law and Jurisprudence of Iran with a view on Sunni Jurisprudence [PDF]
پژوهشنامه حقوق اسلامی, 2019 Background and objectives: Relinquishment to pay maintenance is criminalized in law and if husband fails to pay maintenance, he will be prosecuted. According to the majority of Imamiyya jurists, any husband who refuses to pay the alimony of his wife ...
Nasrin Karimi
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Should Moving In Mean Losing Out? Making a Case to Clarify the Legal Effect of Cohabitation on Alimony [PDF]
, 2012 As nonmarital cohabitation has skyrocketed over the last several decades, courts and legislatures have increasingly struggled to decide what legal effect an ex-spouse\u27s cohabitation with a new partner should have on the receipt of alimony payments. In
May, Emily M.
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Fiscal policy and economic activity: new causal evidence
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Utilizing a quasi‐natural experiment design, we identify an exogenous cut in local taxes accompanied by an equivalent reduction in local government spending, and we estimate the impact of these exogenous changes on income. We exploit a unique regional dataset that combines local income data with local voting outcomes on current expense tax ...
David M. Brasington, Marios Zachariadis
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Victims, Breeders, Joy, and Math: First Thoughts on Compensatory Spousal Payments Under the Principles [PDF]
, 2001 Article published in the Duke Journal of Gender Law and ...
Starnes, Cynthia Lee
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The Role of Tax‐Benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social insurance contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
María Cecilia Deza +4 more
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Analyzing the Hindrance of Husband's Indebtednes due to Dowry and Alimony to Affordability of Ḥajj [PDF]
فقه و حقوق خانوادهAmong the rights of the wife on her husband is the right to demand dowry and alimony. Alimony is one of the husband's debts, and dowry is a religious financial debt right in most cases.
Seyyed Mahmoud Hal Atai
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Health insurance and labor supply: Evidence from same‐sex couples
Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 253-274, April 2026.Abstract This paper examines labor supply effects of policies allowing public sector workers to include same‐sex partners in employer‐sponsored insurance plans. Unlike broader partnership recognition rights, these policies focus narrowly on insurance access.
Elisabeth Wurm
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