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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 …
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Would you marry me? : The effects of marriage on German couples' allocation of time
El Lahga, AbdelRahmen (contributor);  … - 2007
Living arrangements have undergone considerable change in recent decades. In most Western countries marriage is no …:3 percent of the women born between 1954 and 1958 started their first union outside of a formal marriage. The figure increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003461270
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Control transfers in corporate Germany : their frequency, causes and consequences
Köke, F. Jens - 2001
This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency of block trading is similar to other countries, and the vast majority of block trades leads to changes in ultimate ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely...
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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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You can’t be happier than your wife : happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … ; happiness ; comparisons ; panel, households, marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923100
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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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Less school (costs), more (female) education? : lessons from Egypt reducing years of compulsory schooling
Elsayed, Ahmed; Marie, Olivier - 2020
labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237089
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Skills, parental sorting, and child inequality
Nybom, Martin; Plug, Erik J. S.; Klaauw, Bas van der; … - 2022 - This version: December 2022
This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to explain how better access to higher education leads to stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children. Swedish data show that in the second half of the 20th century more...
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New explanatory models for analysing spatial innovation : a comparative investigation
Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter; Sabella, Enrico - 1998
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