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On the Emergence of Toyboys: Equilibrium Matching with Ageing and Uncertain Careers
Coles, Melvyn G.; Francesconi, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
incompleteness in the marriage market and the assumption that the marginal gain to marrying someone rich is greatest for someone poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763746
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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Marco; Halla, Martin - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total … marriage specific capital. -- divorce ; fertility ; bargaining ; intrahousehold allocations ; Austria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009679924
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Intergenerational economic mobility and assortative mating
Ermisch, John (contributor); Francesconi, Marco (contributor) - 2005
capital, which are larger in Germany than Britain. -- intergenerational links ; marriage market ; assortative mating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285425
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Does Custody Law Affect Family Behavior in and Out of Marriage?
Böheim, René - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total … marriage specific capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096155
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On the Emergence of Toyboys : Equilibrium Matching With Ageing and Uncertain Careers
Coles, Melvyn Glyn; Francesconi, Marco - 2021
incompleteness in the marriage market and the assumption that the marginal gain to marrying someone rich is greatest for someone poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317210
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Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Assortative Mating
Ermisch, John; Francesconi, Marco; Siedler, Thomas - 2021
We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the extent of intergenerational economic mobility in a framework that highlights the role played by assortative mating. We find that assortative mating plays an important role. On average about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318133
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An Economic Model of Child Custody
Francesconi, Marco; Muthoo, Abhinay - 2021
rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319778
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Job Changes and Hours Changes:Understanding the Path of Labour Supply Adjustment
Blundell, Richard W.; Brewer, Mike; Francesconi, Marco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper uses British panel data to investigate single women´s labour supply changes inresponse to three tax and benefit policy reforms that occurred in the 1990s. These reformschanged individuals´ work incentives and we use them to identify changes in labour supply.We find evidence of small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861861
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The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britainon Couples: Theory and Evidence
Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines the effects of the Working Families´ Tax Credit (WFTC) on couples inBritain. We develop a simple model of household decisions which explicitly accounts for therole played by the tax and benefit system. Its main implications are then tested using paneldata from the British...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862316
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Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Assortative Mating
Ermisch, John; Francesconi, Marco; Siedler, Thomas - 2004
We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the extent of intergenerational economic mobility in a framework that highlights the role played by assortative mating. We find that assortative mating plays an important role. On average about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260818