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Can Anyone Be 'the' One? Evidence on Mate Selection from Speed Dating
Belot, Michèle - 2011
Marriage data show a strong degree of positive assortative mating along a variety of attributes. But since marriage is an equilibrium outcome, it is unclear whether positive sorting is the result of preferences rather than opportunities. We assess the relative importance of preferences and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756954
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Labour supply and labour force participation in Europe: a discussion of some recent developments and projections
Plane, Mathieu; Döpke, Jörg; Chagny, Odile; Schmidt, … - 2001
The prospects for labour supply in Europe are considered. The analysis begins with a so-called labour market balance … individual countries and labour force projections are given. We expect the labour force in Europe to decline during the next …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260460
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Are COVID fatalities in the US higher than in the EU, and if so, why?
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020
The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290644
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Labour supply and labour force participation in Europe : a discussion of some recent developments and projections
Chagny, Odile; Döpke, Jörg; Plane, Mathieu; Schmidt, … - 2001
The prospects for labour supply in Europe are considered. The analysis begins with a so-called labour market balance … individual countries and labour force projections are given. We expect the labour force in Europe to decline during the next …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473881
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From classroom to wedding aisle: The effect of a nationwide change in the compulsory schooling law on age at first marriage in the UK
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Adireksombat, Kampon - 2010
Does more schooling causes a delay in marriage? Using a nationwide change in the compulsory schooling law in the UK as a source of exogenous variation in education, this paper estimates the causal effect of schooling on age at first marriage. The 1947 reform, which uniquely affected about a half...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269856
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The gender gap in wages over the life course : evidence from a British cohort born in 1958
Joshi, Heather; Bryson, Alex; Wilkinson, David; Ward, Kelly - 2019
Using data tracking all those born in a single week in Great Britain in 1958 through to their mid-50s we observe an inverse U-shaped gender wage gap (GWG) over their life-course: an initial gap in early adulthood widened substantially during childrearing years, affecting earnings in full-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130084
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Who delays childbearing? The relationships between fertility, education and personality traits
Tavares, Lara Patrício - 2010
Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, this paper assesses the in uence of personality traits on the timing of motherhood and investigates whether, and in what way, personality traits can explain the differences in maternity timing between more and less educated women. We estimate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288967
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The impact of cohabitation without marriage on intergenerational contacts: A test of the diffusion theory
Nazio, Tiziana; Saraceno, Chiara - 2010
In the literature, cohabitation rather than marriage is presented as an indicator of weakening intergenerational ties … response multilevel model, does not support the hypothesis that in Italy, where cohabitation is still an exception, differences … cohabitation is more common and since a longer time. While in the UK cohabitation does not seem to have an impact on frequency of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308658
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Savings, investments, debts and psychological well-being in married and cohabiting couples
Kan, Man-Yee; Laurie, Heather - 2010
This paper builds on the existing literature about the distribution of financial resources within the household between couple members. Using data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) we examine the ownership of, and amounts held in savings, investments and debts by couple members, and...
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Managing money in new heterosexual forms of intimate relationships
Vogler, Carolyn; Brockmann, Michaela; Wiggins, Richard D. - In: The journal of socio-economics 37 (2008) 2, pp. 552-576
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