A new national study by Oleksandr (Alex) Zhylyevskyy, an Iowa State assistant professor of economics, found that in approximately one in four divorces, the individuals involved might have been happier staying married -- producing what he calls "inefficient" divorces. The ISU researcher is one of the first economists to explore why some couples have intense disputes but keep living together, while other couples cooperate and the rest divorce.

Read the full ISU News Service story by Mike Ferlazzo at: http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2012/09/12/divorce