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A new estimator of search duration and its application to the marriage market
Jelnov, Pavel - 2018
It is well known that female age at first marriage positively correlates with male income inequality. The common interpretation of this fact is that marital search takes longer when the pool of potential mates is more unequal. This paper challenges that interpretation with a novel econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845514
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Women's education and family behavior : trends in marriage, divorce and fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest … decrease in divorce since the 1970s compared to women without a college degree. In contrast, there have been fewer changes in … marital patterns by education for men. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937272
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
Numerous papers report a negative association between parental divorce and child outcomes. To provide evidence whether … divorce. This results holds also conditioning on the overall share of female co-workers in a firm. We find that parental … divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475183
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Parents' effective time endowment and divorce : evidence from extended school days
Padilla-Romo, María; Peluffo, Cecilia; Viollaz, Mariana - 2022
the extension in the school day by 3.5 hours leads to a significant increase in divorce rates. Moreover, the effect grows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013206326
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Women's Education and Family Behavior : Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2021
in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest … decrease in divorce since the 1970s compared to women without a college degree. In contrast, there have been fewer changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316256
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A theoretical analysis of the effects of legislation on marriage, fertility, domestic division of labour, and the education of children
Cigno, Alessandro - 2007
-stage game-theoretical model. The paper examines the effects of (i) family law (cost of obtaining a divorce, alimony …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264246
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Women's education and family behavior: Trends in marriage, divorce and fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest … decrease in divorce since the 1970s compared to women without a college degree. In contrast, there have been fewer changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266066
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
Numerous papers report a negative association between parental divorce and child outcomes. To provide evidence whether … divorce. This results holds also conditioning on the overall share of female co-workers in a firm. We find that parental … divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472164
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
Numerous papers report a negative association between parental divorce and child outcomes. To provide evidence whether … divorce. This results holds also conditioning on the overall share of female co-workers in a firm. We find that parental … divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486016
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Schooling, marriage and age of first birth in Madagascar
Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among females 12 to 25 years of age in Madagascar, explicitly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472518