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

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

Having a female firstborn child significantly increases the probability that a woman’s first marriage breaks up. Recent …

Having a female firstborn child significantly increases the probability that a woman’s first marriage breaks up. Recent …

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 …

skill-spillover between the spouses within the marriage as an explanation. This paper deviates from the previous research by … exploring different relationship contexts (e.g., cohabitation, being married or divorced, a widow(er) or single) and the role of … self-employment transitions, especially for men, but also for women. Cohabitation is a less supportive context for …