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Property Division upon Divorce and Household Decisions

Yuting Huang, Juan Pantano, Han Ye and Junjian Yi
Journal of Human Resources, March 2023, 58 (2) 532-560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.4.0519-10243R3
Yuting Huang
Yuting Huang is a Lecturer at the Department of Statistics and Data Science, National University of Singapore ().
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Juan Pantano
Juan Pantano is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Arizona ().
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Han Ye
Han Ye is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Lingnan University ().
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Junjian Yi
Junjian Yi is a Professor at the China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University ().
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ABSTRACT

Before 2011, Chinese married couples expected equal division of housing property upon divorce, even when the home was titled only under the husband’s name and bought by the husband before marriage. In 2011, a Supreme Court decision led to enforcement of a title-based regime, only for housing property purchased before marriage and brought into the marriage by one of the spouses. We investigate the effects of this legal change using a difference-in-differences design. We find that this legal change weakened wives’ intrahousehold bargaining power, leading to reductions in their leisure, increased consumption of male-favored goods, and reduced investment in children.

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  • D13
  • D15
  • K11
  • Received May 2019.
  • Accepted December 2020.
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Yuting Huang, Juan Pantano, Han Ye, Junjian Yi
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2023, 58 (2) 532-560; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.4.0519-10243R3

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Property Division upon Divorce and Household Decisions
Yuting Huang, Juan Pantano, Han Ye, Junjian Yi
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2023, 58 (2) 532-560; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.4.0519-10243R3
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