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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288971
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770835
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Marriage, partnership and sexual orientation : a study of British university academics and administrators
Booth, Alison L.; Frank, Jeff - In: Review of Economics of the Household 6 (2008) 4, pp. 409-422
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003786823
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Can anyone be "The" one? : Evidence on mate selection from speed dating
Belot, Michèle (contributor);  … - 2006
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/10003480144
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Can anyone be "the" one? : Evidence on mate selection from speed dating
Belot, Michèle (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003378805
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Higher education effects in job and marital satisfaction : theory and evidence
Tampieri, Alessandro - 2010
This paper examines how educational decisions affect job and marital satisfaction. We build up a model with educational assortative matching where individuals decide whether to attend university both for obtaining job satisfaction and for increasing the probability to be matched with an educated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003936606
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Partnership penalties and bonuses created by UK welfare programs
Anderberg, Dan; Kondylis, Florence; Walker, Ian - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 54 (2008) 1, pp. 1-21
This article explores how the UK welfare benefit system subsidise or penalise couples for living together as partners. A couple is said to face a "partnership bonus" ("penalty") if they can receive more (less) benefits when living as partners than when living separately. Using data on existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003667715
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Can anyone be 'the one'? : Evidence on mate selection from speed dating
Belot, Michèle; Francesconi, Marco - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003394748
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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/10009524471