A 13-year study of tiny penguins in Australia has dispelled the long-held myth that these seabirds mate for life, with the 'divorce rate' nearly 10 times that of the current statistics for US adults | And, not surprisingly, it all comes down to kids.
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New Atlas
Penguins mate for life? Sorry, science is here to destroy this fairytale
A 13-year study of tiny penguins in Australia has dispelled the long-held myth that these seabirds mate for life, with the 'divorce rate' nearly 10 times that of the current statistics for US adults. And, not surprisingly, it all comes down to kids.
In 2010, China implemented a home-buying restriction policy whereby each family unit could only own a single unit. This led to a substantial increase in the divorce rate, with many fraudulent divorces (re-marrying shortly thereafter), so that families could buy more housing.
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MIT Press
The Unintended Consequences of Home-Buying Restriction in China
Abstract. We investigate the fake divorce activities associated with the home-buying restriction policy in China. We find that the policy increased divorce rate (marriage restoration rate) in the treated cities by 0.436 (0.195) permillage point relative to…
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