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American Law and Economics Review V4 N2 2002 (376-379)
© 2002 American Law and Economics Association

" ‘These Boots Are Made for Walking’ ": A Reply

Margaret F. Brinig and Douglas W. Allen

Margaret F. Brinig, University of Iowa, and Douglas W. Allen, Simon Fraser University

Send correspondence to: Margaret F. Brinig, College of Law, University of Iowa, Boyd Law Building, Iowa City, IA 52242; Fax: (319) 335-9098; E-mail: margaretbrinig{at}uiowa.edu.

Abstract

Erik Craft's comment on our 2000 article takes up a minor point, the impact of no-fault divorce on the gender of the spouse filing for divorce. In the original article, we related the gender of the filing to rent exploitation during marriage, rent appropriation through divorce, and particularly child custody. We tested the hypotheses we generated using a sample of more than 46,000 divorce decrees from the only four states collecting all the information we needed. The type of divorce ground was only a control variable, and not a strong one. We argue that Craft's comment misses our essential point.


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