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Labor market outcomes of same-sex couples in countries with legalized same-sex marriage

Bogusz, Honorata; Gromadzki, Jan - 2024

We study the labor market outcomes of same-sex couples using data from large household surveys that represent more than two-thirds of the world's population with access to same-sex marriage on three continents. Same-sex couples are less likely to be inactive and work more hours than...

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Latent earning capacity and the race marriage gap

Nakosteen, Robert A.; Zimmer, Michael A. - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

One of the most persistent socioeconomic phenomena in the process of family formation is the relatively low rate of … race marriage gap remains, albeit sometimes in reduced magnitude, even after controlling for economic attributes of … race gap is explained in part by disparities in unobserved earning capacities between black and white men. In doing so …

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Is self-employment for migrants? : evidence from Italy

Brunetti, Marianna; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2023

Using a unique Italian dataset covering the period 2004-2020, we assess the immigrant-native gap in entrepreneurship and investigate channels behind it. The data allows us to account for many observable characteristics as well as for risk aversion, which is usually not observed, yet crucial for...

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Is self-employment for migrants? : evidence from Italy

Brunetti, Marianna; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2023 - This draft: July 2023

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Racial Differences in Transitions to Marriage for Unmarried Mothers

Daniels, Gerald - 2019

Unlike prior studies that have explained racial differences in the transitions to marriage among unmarried women, our study uses the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine racial differences in the transitions to marriage among unmarried women following a non-marital birth. We...

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Race and Marriage in the Labor Market: A Discrimination Correspondence Study in a Developing Country

Arceo-Gomez, Eva O.; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

market using official statistics since race can only be inferred from native language. Moreover, employers may think that …

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More than just friends? : school peers and adult interracial relationships

Merlino, Luca Paolo; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich; … - 2016

This paper investigates the impact of individuals' school peers on their adult romantic relationships. In particular, we consider the effect of quasi-random variation in the share of black students within an individual's cohort on the percentage of adults' cohabiting partners that are black. We...

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Immigrant self-employment : does intermarriage matter?

Georgarakos, Dimitris; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2009

This paper investigates the effect of a native spouse on the transitions into and out of entrepreneurship of male immigrants in the U.S. We find that those married to a native are less likely to start up a business compared to those married to an immigrant. This finding is robust when the...

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Immigrant Self-Employment : Does Intermarriage Matter?

Georgarakos, Dimitris - 2009

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When the going gets tough : the impact of health shocks on divorce

López Artero, Javier Adrián; Sanz de Galdeano, Anna; … - 2025

We analyze the impact of unexpected health shocks - defined as the sudden diagnosis of cancer, stroke, or heart attack - on the probability of couple dissolution using longitudinal representative data on older individuals (50+). We leverage the longitudinal nature of the HRS and utilize a...

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