We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a … in 1996 as an exogenous increase in the likelihood of marital dissolution. We analyze the saving behaviour over time of …

organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is … captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. They … are free to accept or reject marriage proposals. Married agents make their decisions through bargaining about work, and …

cohabitation over marriage; they are less likely to have their first child within marriage; and their own partnerships and …

. Adaptation to marriage, divorce, birth of child and widowhood appears to be rapid and complete; this is not so for unemployment …

marriage breakdown rates. We use this fundamental change in the Irish society as a natural experiment. We follow a difference …

marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment. Men …

1945-60 and Cohort 1961-77 in order to capture social changes. The paper focuses on the timing of marriage and the birth of … a first, second and third child using a Cox hazard approach. Results show that female employment delays marriage in … participation. Female labour market instability plays an important role in family formation, especially by putting off marriage …