Chapter 138 Question one two five

Why are many military marriages divorced after ten years? (Andersian Buhuko) According to an earlier survey, the highest divorce rate for couples is around three years of marriage; after seven years of marriage, the divorce rate drops sharply, and has been declining year by year since then.But according to the military, if one of the husband and wife is serving in the army, the divorce peak will appear in the eleventh year of marriage.How to explain this phenomenon? According to the "Military Marriage Divorced Spouse Protection Act", if the military marriage divorces, the ex-spouse of the military can receive compensation from the military veteran's pension.From this, we can think of a plausible hypothesis.The protection bill stipulates that after ten years of military marriage, the ex-partner of the military can receive a certain percentage of the military veteran's pension, which will be paid directly by the Defense Financial Accounting Service.Wait until ten years later to divorce, and the ex-partner of the military will be able to rely on the pension to get compensation and no longer need to rely on the military to support them.

We observe that, just as people's characteristics and preferences influence the decisions people make, it is also possible that the informal market for marriage partners is influenced by patterns of these characteristics.