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Do marriage markets influence the divorce hazard?
Hyee, Raphaela - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385407
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How families matter for understanding economic inequality
Santos, Cézar; Tertilt, Michele - 2023
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 for inequality across families. Second, parental investments in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546250
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Conditional cash transfers for women and spousal violence : evidence of the long-term relationship from the Oportunidades program in Rural Mexico
Bobonis, Gustavo J.; Castro, Roberto; Morales, Juan S. - 2015
This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program. It uses data from three nationally representative surveys that include detailed information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485300
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Parental separation and well-being of youths
Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001807296
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Sanitation and marriage markets in India : evidence from the total sanitation campaign
Augsburg, Britta; Baquero, Juan P.; Gautam, Sanghmitra; … - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799787
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Do alimony regulations matter inside marriage? : evidence from the 2008 reform of the German maintenance law
Schaubert, Marianna - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802026
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A spouse and a house are all we need? : housing demand, labor supply and divorce over the lifecycle
Rock, Bram de; Kovaleva, Mariia; Potoms, Tom - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014419233
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Labour supply disincentives of income support : an analysis of single mothers with no qualifications in the UK
Soobedar, Zeenat - 2009
This paper examines the labour supply disincentives of the Income Support system among single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. It uses a regression discontinuity approach that exploits the age-eligibility rule establishing automatic withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003933915
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Disability benefits : a substitute for income support for single mothers with no qualifications in the UK
Soobedar, Zeenat - 2009
This paper examines the impact of the age-eligibility rule establishing automatic withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose youngest child turns 16 on the disability benefits welfare participation decision of single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. Using the age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003933918
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Household responses to individual shocks : disability and labor supply
Gallipoli, Giovanni; Turner, Laura - 2009
to selection into and out of marriage, while the second hinges on insurance transfers taking place within households. We … and life-cycle labor supply, endogenous marriage contracts and the possibility of time transfers between partners. We also … report evidence that the extended model with endogenous marriage contracts can fit divorce patterns observed in Canadian data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824514