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Inter- and intra-marriage premiums revisited : it's probably who you are, not who you marry!
Nekby, Lena - 2010
intermarriage premiums are largely due to selection. -- intermarriage ; intra-marriage ; income ; immigration ; assimilation …For immigrants, intermarriage with natives is assumed to have an assimilating role due to the enhancement of local …; intermarriage to natives and intra-marriage with immigrants from home countries or other (non-Swedish) countries. A staggered fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302215
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Marriage, work and migration : the role of infrastructure development and gender norms
Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2018
Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if...
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Houseworth, Christina A. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149386
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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015
This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys' and girls' dropouts. Based on the sixth phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 18 sub-Saharan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379718
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Employment convergence of immigrants in the EU : differences across genders, regions of origin and destination
Hámori, Szilvia - 2009
employment convergence between foreign-born and native-born in the European Union (EU) based on the EU Labour Force Survey (EU … capital investment of the partners are tested in light of the finding that the employment rate of females born outside the EU … exceeds that of similar native-born in the Southern EU member states. -- Immigrants ; Employment ; European Union …
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Natives' gender norms and the labor market integration of female immigrants
Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian - 2023
Using data from the European Social Survey 2002-2020 covering immigrants in 25 European countries, this paper investigates the role of natives' gender norms in the labor market integration of female immigrants. To analyze the role of natives' gender norms, we exploit intertemporal,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014384347
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The economic value of virtue
Mariani, Fabio - 2010
Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates, preserving her virtue increases a woman's chances of marrying a high-status husband, and therefore allows for upward social mobility. Consistent with some historical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952848
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Will women save more than men? : a theoretical model of savings and marriage
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Pereira, Alfredo M. - 2010
This paper presents an inter-temporal model of individual behavior with uncertainty about marriage and divorce and which accommodates the possible presence of economies or diseconomies of scale from marriage. We show that a scenario of higher marriage rates and higher divorce rates will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003997600
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The effect of education on marital status and partner characteristics : evidence from the UK
Anderberg, Dan; Zhu, Yu - 2010
This paper uses a particular school exit rule previously in effect in England and Wales that allowed students born within the first five months of the academic year to leave school one term earlier than those born later in the year. Focusing on women, we show that those who were required to stay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981978
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What’s the use of marriage?
Cigno, Alessandro - 2009
We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional...
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