Showing 1 - 10 of 860
Employers' standard practice of including legal spouses in health insurance is likely to place people in unmarried couples at a significant disadvantage for obtaining coverage. Data from married and unmarried couples in the Current Population Survey confirm that people with unmarried partners...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010456987
Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603351
born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398347
Studies have found that loneliness is as bad as smoking or obesity for mortality risk, and the prevalence of loneliness is predicted to increase with ageing populations, more people living alone, and with chronic health conditions. Despite the substantial literature on loneliness, there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658310
We document that home ownership of households with 'heads' aged 25-44 years fell substantially between 1980 and 2000 and recovered only partially during the 2001-2005 housing boom. The 1980-2000 decline in young home ownership occurred as improvements in mortgage opportunities seemingly made it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292126
marital outcomes. Little is known, however, about how the dates of the weddings predict marriage durability. Using Dutch … marriage and divorce registries from 1999-2013, this study compares the durations of marriages that began on Valentine's Day …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559696
This chapter reviews the literature on marriage in developing countries. We describe how marital matching occurs; the … trends in age at marriage; assortative mating patterns; marriage payments; and spousal decision-making after a marriage has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653284
assess the benefits of marriage and consequences of other family structures. The study begins by describing theoretical … also discusses models of the determinants of marriage. The study then overviews specific statistical techniques that have … been applied in empirical analyses of the effects of marriage, including standard regression, instrumental variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261768
Parents in several cultures 'discipline' their daughters to inculcate the supposedly feminine virtues. The measures taken by parents range from the benign to the brutal across societies. The paper formalizes the idea that this process can be understood as an equilibrium outcome of a signaling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263838
within the context of marriage. Religiosity, another dimension of religion, also affects economic and demographic outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275026