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Marriage Matching over Five Centuries in China
Shiue, Carol H.; Keller, Wolfgang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In the marriage market, families make investments on behalf of their young so that they are able to form a household with their preferred partner. We analyze marriage markets in a central region of China between about 1300 and 1850 through the lens of a model of marriage matching and...
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The "College Gap" in Marriage and Children's Family Structure
Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
divorce. Third, the widening college gap in children's family structure corresponds to a widening college gap in marriage …
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College as a Marriage Market
Kirkeboen, Lars; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Recent descriptive work suggests the type of college education (field or institution) is an important but neglected pathway through which individuals sort into homogeneous marriages. These descriptive studies raise the question of why college graduates are so likely to marry someone within their...
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Fertility Beliefs and Outcomes : The Role of Relationship Status and Attractiveness
Gong, Yifan; Skura, Tyler; Stinebrickner, Ralph; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Unique data from the Berea Panel Study provides new evidence about fertility outcomes before age 30 and beliefs about these outcomes elicited soon after college graduation. Comparing outcomes and beliefs yields a measure of belief accuracy. Individuals who are unmarried and not in relationships...
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Fortunate Families? : The Effects of Wealth on Marriage and Fertility
Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
players. For male winners, wealth increases marriage formation and reduces divorce risk, suggesting wealth increases men … winners is that wealth increases their short-run (but not long-run) divorce risk. Our results for divorce are consistent with … a model where the wealthier spouse retains most of his/her wealth in divorce. In support of this assumption, we show …
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Frontier History and Gender Norms in the United States
Bazzi, Samuel; Brodeur, Abel; Fiszbein, Martín; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper explores how historical gender roles become entrenched as norms over the long run. In the historical United States, gender roles on the frontier looked starkly different from those in settled areas. Male-biased sex ratios led to higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land...
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Traditional Institutions in Modern Times : Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate
Bau, Natalie; Khanna, Gaurav; Low, Corinne; Voena, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper examines whether an important cultural institution in India - dowry - can enable male migration by increasing the liquidity available to young men after marriage. We hypothesize that one cost of migration is the disruption of traditional elderly support structures, where sons live...
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Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax
Ilin, Elias; Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Pitts, Melinda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We develop, apply, and test a new measure of the marriage tax - the reduction in future spending from getting married - using SCF and ACS data. Our measure incorporates all major and most minor U.S. tax and benefit programs. And it assumes clone marriage - marrying oneself - to ensure the...
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The Effect of Financial Resources on Homeownership, Marriage, and Fertility : Evidence from State Lotteries
Bulman, George; Goodman, Sarena; Isen, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper leverages the universe of U.S. tax data and state lottery wins between 2000 and 2019 to estimate the causal effect of financial resources on three key lifecycle outcomes for young adults. We find large and persistent effects on homeownership, with a response function that exhibits...
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Domestic Violence and the Mental Health and Well-being of Victims and Their Children
Bhuller, Manudeep; Dahl, Gordon B.; Løken, Katrine V.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Almost one third of women worldwide report some form of physical or sexual violence by a partner in their lifetime, yet little is known about the mental health and well-being effects for either victims or their children. We study the costs associated with domestic violence (DV) in the context of...
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