What’s a Wife Worth?
What’s a wife worth? What’s a wife worth in a marriage that started with zero assets but after thirty years of marriage has assets of about $100 million, which came from the husband’s earnings and stock options? What’s the “equitable distribution” at the time of divorce of that approximately $100 mi...
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| Published in | Inside the American Couple p. 174 |
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15.11.2023
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| Abstract | What’s a wife worth? What’s a wife worth in a marriage that started with zero assets but after thirty years of marriage has assets of about $100 million, which came from the husband’s earnings and stock options? What’s the “equitable distribution” at the time of divorce of that approximately $100 million when, during most of the marriage, the wife has been a full-time homemaker, mother, and corporate wife? In other words, how should we think about valuing women’s unpaid, invisible work?
In the 1996 Connecticut divorce case of Wendt v. Wendt, the facts were precisely those I just described. Since |
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| AbstractList | What’s a wife worth? What’s a wife worth in a marriage that started with zero assets but after thirty years of marriage has assets of about $100 million, which came from the husband’s earnings and stock options? What’s the “equitable distribution” at the time of divorce of that approximately $100 million when, during most of the marriage, the wife has been a full-time homemaker, mother, and corporate wife? In other words, how should we think about valuing women’s unpaid, invisible work?
In the 1996 Connecticut divorce case of Wendt v. Wendt, the facts were precisely those I just described. Since |
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