than labor income in explaining marriage choice. This quantitative result seems to characterize the expected lifetime … inheritance and labor income after marriage for Germany under the actual rate of return, growth rate, demographics as well as …

than average in municipalities that were more heavily affected by the war. The loss of life among men led to female …

GDR. Second, men's amount of housework is independent of their spouse's labour supply. We theoretically explain this … work full-time exhibit similar housework patterns whether they do so voluntarily or due to a full-time mandate, as in the … production. We label this gender specialisation as separate housework spheres. Empirical evidence strongly confirms separate …