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male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings … education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage … one, they have the most to gain from divorcing and going back to the marriage market. This incentive becomes stronger if …
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This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for...
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To analyze the impact of changes in the value of marriage on household decisions, we present a limited commitment … changes in the value of marriage due to a housing price shock have an asymmetric impact on individual welfare both across …
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We analyse the marriage decisions of men and women in rural India, focusing on the added attractiveness of sanitation … within the marital living arrangement. We demonstrate that the Government’s Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) changed marriage … market outcomes for both men and women. To decompose the overall policy impact on the marriage market equilibrium, we develop …
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In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in principle be an amplifier or mitigator of economic inequality. We describe three channels on how families shape economic inequality. First, how people match to form families matters...
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multiple properties relevant for a workable measure of comparison. -- Stable Marriage Problem ; Matching ; Blocking Pair …
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This paper develops a model that combines intra-household bargaining with competition on the marriage market to analyse … income. They have the option of unilateral divorce and subsequent remarriage. Through this channel, the marriage market … marriage market into a significantly larger share of household income. Hence, men's incentive to invest in education decreases …
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