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Subjective well-being and partnership dynamics : are same-sex relationships different?
Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2017
there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective well-being. Our data allow us to distinguish between marriage and … orientation. The well-being gains of marriage are larger than those of cohabitation. Investigating partnership formation and … disruption, we discover that the well-being effects are symmetric. Finally, we find that marriage improves well-being for both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722630
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An empirical analysis of the time allocation of Italian couples : are Italian men irresponsive?
Bloemen, Hans G.; Pasqua, Silvia; Stancanelli, Elena G. F. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003787158
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An empirical analysis of the time allocation of Italian couples : are Italian men irresponsive?
Bloemen, Hans G.; Pasqua, Silvia; Stancanelli, Elena G. F. - 2008
This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature suggests that Italian husbands contribute the least to unpaid household work, relative to other European countries, while Italian women have the lowest market employment rates....
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Marriage and the city
Gautier, Pieter; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2005
Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343296
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Birds of a Feather : Estimating the Value of Statistical Life from Dual-Earner Families
Aldy, Joseph E. - 2019
Economists have long employed hedonic wage analysis to estimate income-fatality risk trade-offs, but some scholars have raised concerns about systematic measurement error and omitted variable bias in the empirical applications of this model. Recent studies have employed panel methods to remove...
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Marriage, Fertility, and Cultural Integration in Italy
Bisin, Alberto - 2019
We study the cultural integration of immigrants, estimating a structural model of marital matching along ethnic dimensions, exploring in detail the role of fertility, and possibly divorce in the integration process. We exploit rich administrative demographic data on the universe of marriages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480248
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Long-term Changes in Married Couples' Labor Supply and Taxes : Evidence from the US and Europe Since the 1980s
Bick, Alexander - 2018
European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the UK) from the early 1980s through 2016 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480648
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The Life Expectancy of Older Couples And Surviving Spouses
Compton, Janice - 2018
Comparisons of individual life expectancies over time and across demographic groups provide information for individuals making retirement decisions and for policy makers. For couples, analogous measures are the expected years both spouses will be alive (joint life expectancy) and the expected...
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Understanding Joint Retirement
Michaud, Pierre-Carl - 2018
Evidence from different sources shows that spouses' retirement decisions are correlated. Retirement policies affecting individuals in couples are therefore also likely to affect behavior of their spouses. It is therefore important to account for joint features in modeling retirement. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480683
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Forsaking All Others? The Effects of "Gay Marriage" on Risky Sex
Dee, Thomas S. - 2005
a culture of responsibility and commitment among homosexuals. A specific implication of this claim is that "gay marriage …, which provides a framework for discussing the ways in which gay marriage might reduce (or increase) the prevalence of STI …. Then, I present reduced-form empirical evidence on whether gay marriage has actually reduced STI rates. These evaluations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467356