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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...
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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 …
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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...
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On within-couple time allocation : gendered disparities in paid work and housework in Europe
Tverdostup, Maryna; Sabouniha, Alireza - 2024
This paper aims to pursue a deeper understanding of gendered within-couple allocation of time into paid work and housework in heterosexual dual-earner couples. Relying on the second wave of Harmonised European Time Use Survey (HETUS) data for 10 European countries, we estimate spousal relative...
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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 …
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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 …
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Poverty and intra-household resource allocation in Surinamese households
Khadan, Jeetendra; Strobl, Eric; Tuffour, Theophiline - 2020
This paper examines the allocation of resources of poverty rates within households in Suriname. To this end we employ a bargaining model estimation framework that allows one to identify the allocation of resources across adult and children males and females. Our results using the Suriname...
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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...
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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...
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Bargaining leverage in family planning: a gender-based analysis of Filipino couples' reproductive choices
Bautista, Maria Cristina G. - 2020
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