spouse on the German marriage market, which in turn increases the likelihood of them seeking marriage with women from poorer …This paper examines why German men marry women from countries which are less economically developed. Two hypotheses … deduced from exchange theory and the economic theory of the family are tested: 1. Low physical and social attractiveness as …

bargaining models. In particular, we do not find evidence that women increase their labor supply as a result of the negative … expected income effect. Neither do our results reveal that leisure is shifted from women to men as a response to the changed …

bargaining models. In particular, we do not find evidence that women increase their labor supply as a result of the negative … expected income effect. Neither do our results reveal that leisure is shifted from women to men as a response to the changed …, nicht bestätigen. Insbesondere gibt es keine Evidenz dafür, dass Frauen ihr Arbeitsangebot in Folge der Reform und der damit …

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

research has mainly concentrated on examining the impact of differing family care situations on women’s employment. Building on … family care–employment relationship among women. Cox shared frailty regression analyses of German Socio-Economic Panel data … or frail old-age partners, parents and/or other family members (hereafter: ‘family care’) is of urgent concern. Previous …

introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative … bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for maintenance in the case of a potential divorce prior to the law change …