Freakonomics, M.D.

78. Do Kids Cause Divorce?

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Mar 31, 2023
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Twins and Marriage

  • Bapu investigates the impact of children on marriages by looking at the occurrence of twins.
  • This approach helps isolate the effect of an additional child from other factors.
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IVF and Twins

  • Studying the impact of twins on divorce requires considering the influence of IVF.
  • Bapu addresses this by focusing on data from before IVF was commonly used.
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Divorce Rates and Timing

  • Couples with twins show a slightly higher divorce rate (around 10% higher).
  • Surprisingly, these divorces tend to happen later, after the children are eight or nine years old.
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