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Kurebwa, Jeffrey; Kurebwa, Nyasha Yvonne - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 1, pp. 40-54

The objectives of this article was to understand the causes, effects and measures to reduce child marriages in rural Zimbabwe. Child marriages have serious social, economic, health and political implications on young girls and their communities. Young girls are also robbed of their locally and...

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Marriage as a Mechanism of Internalizing Externalities: A Case of Smoking

You, Jane J. - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 12 (2021) 2, pp. 189-211

Abstract With the view of marriage as a legal institution to internalize externalities, I examine the effect of … marriage on smoking. From analyzing the data of Panel Study of Income Dynamics, I found that unmarried individuals are more … likely to smoke by 4.9% point than married individuals with stronger impact on females. The long-run impact of marriage also …

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Gender Specialization of Skill Acquisition

Ishida, Junichiro; Nosaka, Hiromi - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1

gains from the marriage market. We then show that this incentive can be excessively strong and gives rise to the emergence …

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Unstable Relationships

Burdett, Kenneth; Imai, Ryoichi; Wright, Randall - In: Frontiers in Macroeconomics 1 (2004) 1, pp. 1-42

We analyze models where agents search for partners to form relationships (employment, marriage, etc.), and may or may …

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The Uniqueness of Stable Matchings

Clark, Simon - In: Contributions in Theoretical Economics 6 (2006) 1

This paper analyses conditions on agents' preferences for a unique stable matching in models of two-sided matching with non-transferable utility. The No Crossing Condition (NCC) is sufficient for uniqueness; it is based on the notion that a person's characteristics, for example their personal...

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Cheung, Becker and Marriage

Xu, Lixin Colin - In: Man and the Economy 3 (2016) 1, pp. 65-76

Abstract Steve Cheung has been a pioneer in the research of marriage using economic approach. In this paper, I shall … describe his influence on marriage research in general and on my career in particular. Since Gary Becker had exerted a parallel …

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Documentary tools in everyday life: the wedding planner

McKenzie, Pamela J.; Davies, Elisabeth - In: Journal of Documentation 66 (2010) 6, pp. 788-806

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze documentary planning tools for an everyday life project, the wedding, to study how “document work” is constructed in this setting. Design/methodology/approach – Using Law and Lynch's study of birdwatching guides for novices as a framework, nine...

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A comparison of consumer decision‐making behavior of married and cohabiting couples

Razzouk, Nabil; Seitz, Victoria; Prodigalidad Capo, Karen - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 24 (2007) 5, pp. 264-274

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to compare the consumer decision‐making behavior between married and cohabiting couples. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 40 cohabiting couples and 53 married couples in a western state via a self‐administered questionnaire....

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Expanding the marriage metaphor in understanding long‐term business relationships

Johnston, Wesley J.; Hausman, Angela - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 21 (2006) 7, pp. 446-452

organizational networks through expansion of the marriage metaphor. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the relationship … marketing literature as well as incorporating sociological literature dealing with marriage and the family, specifically with … dynamic of interactions outside the dyad and how these affect the dyadic relationship. Originality/value – The marriage …

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Does marriage pay more than cohabitation?

Barg, Katherin; Beblo, Miriam - In: Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2009) 6, pp. 552-570

more attractive on the marriage market). Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyzes the cohabiting and the marital … that higher wages are mostly due to positive selection – into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis … cohabitation to marriage. Originality/value – This is the first application of non‐parametric matching in a comparative study of …

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