From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years : An Economic Model of the Rise in Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization
Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less than others about the perils of premarital sex, because the latter will lose less from an out-of-wedlock birth. Modern contraceptives have profoundly affected the calculus for instilling sexual mores, leading to a de-stigmatization of sex. As contraception has become more effective there is less need for parents, churches and states to inculcate sexual mores. Technology affects culture
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2010
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Authors: | Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús |
Other Persons: | Greenwood, Jeremy (contributor) ; Guner, Nezih (contributor) |
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[2010]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Jugendliche | Youth | Kinder | Children | Großbritannien | United Kingdom | Sozialisation | Socialization | Sozialer Wandel | Social change | Soziale Werte | Social values | Nichteheliche Kinder | Non-marital children | Sexualität | Sexuality | Theorie | Theory |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (50 p) |
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Series: | IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 4708 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.1545135 [DOI] |
Classification: | D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; J11 - Demographic Trends and Forecasts ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; E1 - General Aggregative Models |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148290
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