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Who is happier: Housewife or working wife?
Beja Jr, Edsel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Earlier research found no difference in the happiness between a housewife and a working wife. However, there now is the expectation that a difference in their happiness exists today given the increase in the labor participation of women over the years. This paper revisits the debate using data...
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Receptarea soap-opera de către tineri. Studiu de caz: „Beverly Hills”
Branea, Silvia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
Besides the theoretical approach, the paper also includes an research conducted with students of the Faculty of Jornalism and Communication at the University of Bucarest. The main objective of this research was to determine the extent to which the media fiction (television series for youth)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257700
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Family and society in north-western Transylvania (2nd Half of the 19th century – beginning of the 20th century). General framework: concepts, methods and approaches
Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In the latter half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, in north-western Transylvania there was a traditional rural society, except for some urban centres and their neighbouring areas (the urban character is also proved by the analysis of the marital behaviour). The village...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258867
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Male authority vs. female authority in traditional rural society
Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In traditional rural societies, the relationships between the two partners are genuine community patterns. It is not good to mingle male authority with thefe male’s, just like it is not possible to reverse the roles. Each of them has clear-cutt asks on both inter-relational level and on the...
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Marriage and Corruption : An empirical analysis on european data
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
determinants of corruption, the factor of marriage has been widely neglected in the literature. The results suggest a positive but … ambiguous effect marriage on corruption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113536
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The Value of Commitment: Marriage Choice in the Presence of Costly Divorce
Yurko, Anna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
marriage ceremony. The literature on coresidential relationships typically assumes that the formal marriage contract offers … relationship that has been “sealed” by marriage. The goal of this paper is to develop a simple dynamic model that can explain the … existence of marriage contract. The model assumes that the only difference between marriage and non-marital cohabitation is the …
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Costly Divorce and Marriage Rates
Yurko, Anna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper develops a model of choice between marriage and cohabitation to study the effect of divorce costs on … marriage decision. The paired agents are heterogeneous, the utility is non-transferable, and break up and divorce decisions are … efficiently). The model seeks to reconcile the conflicting empirical evidence on the relationship between marriage rates and …
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I Would if I Could: Precarious Employment and Childbearing Intentions in Italy
Modena, Francesca; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of childbearing decisions made by couples in Italy. The analysis accounts for the characteristics of both possible parents. Our results do not support established theoretical predictions according to which the increase...
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The Love Aspects of Human Capital and the Economic Activity of Countries
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The influence of non-economic factors and forces on economic activities and their outcomes is undeniable. Love, being so central to many human activities, should similarly have some effects on the economic activity of nations. This paper (a) builds a simple but innovative model, (b) imposes it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111599
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Divorce and Corruption: New Study, New Data
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Azia-Dimbu, Florentin; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper aims at identifying the effects of divorce alongside on corruption controlling. We find no significant effect of divorce on corruption. The same conclusion is found in cross-section and panel data.
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