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Would you marry me? : the effects of marriage on German couples' allocation of time
El Lahga, AbdelRahmen; Moreau, Nicolas - 2007
We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours … the presence of endogenous regressors. Our results indicate that marriage increases women's specialization in home …-based activities and that marriage decreases women's leisure. These effects are robust across specifications. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628747
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Wo(men) at work? : the impact of cohabiting and married partners' earning on women's work hours
Triebe, Doreen - 2013
This study investigates the determinants of women's labor supply in the household context. The main focus is on the effect of a change in male partner's wages on women's work hours. This is linked to the broader question of whether married and cohabiting women make different economic decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231584
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Marital risk, family insurance, and public policy
Fehr, Hans; Kallweit, Manuel; Kindermann, Fabian - 2009
The present paper aims to quantify the growth and welfare consequences of changing family structures in western societies. For this reason we develop a dynamic general equilibrium model with both genders which takes into account changes of the marital status as a stochastic process. Individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635996
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Parental separation and the formation of economic preferences
Dahmann, Sarah Christina; Kettlewell, Nathan; Lam, Jack - 2022
We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large household survey dataset, which allows us to match respondents to their siblings and parents. Our results indicate that adolescents from separated families are less trusting but have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938781
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Does marriage pay more than cohabitation? : selection and specialization effects on male wages in Germany
Barg, Katherin; Beblo, Miriam - 2008
more attractive on the marriage market). We analyze the cohabiting and the marital wage premium in Germany using a shifting … - into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis of intra-household time use suggests that specialization …, if any, is part of the selection process from single to cohabitation to marriage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631742
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824341
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The added worker effect differentiated by gender and partnership status : evidence from involuntary job loss
Triebe, Doreen - 2015
and men and I also differentiate according to their partnership status (marriage vs. cohabitation). My aim is to evaluate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493166
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How cohabitation, marriage, separation and divorce influence BMI : a prospective panel study
Mata, Jutta; Richter, David; Schneider, Thorsten; … - 2018
in men and women - after four years or longer, about twice the gain associated with marriage (controlling for weight … marriage or cohabitation do not necessarily include a healthier BMI. They also suggest that relationship transitions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880775
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Gender differences in the consequences of divorce : a multiple-outcome comparison of former spouses
Leopold, Thomas - 2016
This study examined gender differences in the consequences of divorce for multiple measures of psychological, economic, and domestic well-being. I used household panel data from the German SOEP, retaining the link between initially married couples (N = 755) to compare both spouses over a period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477515
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Gendered wealth losses after dissolution of cohabitation but not marriage in Germany
Boertien, Diederik; Lersch, Philipp M. - 2019
Objective: To document gender differences in how economic wealth changes following the dissolution of marriage and … a more unequal division of wealth following the dissolution of cohabitation as compared to marriage. Method: The … women after the dissolution of marriage. The dissolution of cohabiting unions is related to losses in wealth for women, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107220