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What's the use of marriage?
Cigno, Alessandro - 2009
We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the … decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional on marriage. We find that, in the absence of social stigma or legal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269649
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Education, matching and the allocative value of romance
Booth, Alison L.; Coles, Melvyn G. - 2005
Societies are characterized by customs governing the allocation of non-market goods such as marital partnerships. We explore how such customs affect the educational investment decisions of young singles and the subsequent joint labor supply decisions of partnered couples. We consider two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272019
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Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type
Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
Relationships have changed dramatically in the last fifty years. Fewer couples are marrying, more are cohabiting. Reasons for this shift abound, but the shift may have consequences of its own. A number of models predict that those cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296841
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Common Law Marriage and Couple Formation
Grossbard, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - 2014
The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … abolished CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421144
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Common Law Marriage and Couple Formation
Grossbard, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … abolished CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959812
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Education, Matching and the Allocative Value of Romance
Booth, Alison; Coles, Melvyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Societies are characterized by customs governing the allocation of non-market goods such as marital partnerships. We explore how such customs affect the educational investment decisions of young singles and the subsequent joint labor supply decisions of partnered couples. We consider two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703029
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What's the Use of Marriage?
Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the … decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional on marriage. We find that, in the absence of social stigma or legal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558938
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The Economics of Hypergamy
Almås, Ingvild; Kotsadam, Andreas; Moen, Espen R.; … - 2019
Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband’s earning capacity systematically exceeds that of his wife. We provide a theoretical framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005886
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Marriage Market Equilibrium, Qualifications, and Ability
Anderberg, Dan; Bagger, Jesper; Bhaskar, V.; Wilson, Tanya - 2019
We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005911
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The Risk of Divorce and Household Saving Behavior
Gonzalez, Libertad; Özcan, Berkay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a theoretical perspective, the expected sign of the effect is ambiguous. We take advantage of the legalization of divorce in Ireland in 1996 as an exogenous increase in the likelihood of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233842