In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and …

- into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis of intra-household time use suggests that specialization …, if any, is part of the selection process from single to cohabitation to marriage. … more attractive on the marriage market). We analyze the cohabiting and the marital wage premium in Germany using a shifting …

, relationships between personality traits and the probability of marriage are identical for men and women, which is consistent with … returns to marriage that are based on joint consumption. Tastes for marital public goods are negatively related to openness to … marriage is associated with distinctly different personality profiles for older men and older women, suggesting that gender …

formation and dissolution of domestic partnerships. Selection into marriage is associated with distinctly different personality … important source of marital surplus for these cohorts. The effects of personality on marriage are more similar for younger men …

- into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis of intra-household time use suggests that specialization …, if any, is part of the selection process from single to cohabitation to marriage … more attractive on the marriage market). We analyze the cohabiting and the marital wage premium in Germany using a shifting …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …