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The More Kids, the Less Mom's Divvy : Impact of Childbirth on Intrahousehold Resource Allocation
Fujii, Tomoki; Ishikawa, Ryuichiro - 2012
We investigate how childbirth affects intrahousehold resource allocation for married Japanese couples. We develop reduced-form and structural-form specifications from a unified theoretical framework. Under a weak set of assumptions, we can focus on private goods to track the changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213902
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Betting the house : how assets influence marriage selection, marital stability, and child investments
Lafortune, Jeanne; Low, Corinne - 2017
Marriage used to be practically universal, but now persists as an institution for only some groups, while others choose … non-marital fertility. This paper posits that if one role of marriage is to insure one partner's investment in children … enforcement outside of marriage have reduced the relative strength of the marital contract, the division of assets, particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764661
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Should divorce be easier or harder? : the evidence, though weak, favors legal, easy, unilateral divorce
González, Libertad - 2014
beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422608
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Would you marry me? : the effects of marriage on German couples' allocation of time
El Lahga, AbdelRahmen; Moreau, Nicolas - 2007
We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours … the presence of endogenous regressors. Our results indicate that marriage increases women's specialization in home …-based activities and that marriage decreases women's leisure. These effects are robust across specifications. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628747
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Betting the House : How Assets Influence Marriage Selection, Marital Stability, and Child Investments
Lafortune, Jeanne - 2017
Marriage used to be practically universal, but now persists as an institution for only some groups, while others choose … non-marital fertility. This paper posits that if one role of marriage is to insure one partner's investment in children … enforcement outside of marriage have reduced the relative strength of the marital contract, the division of assets, particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942114
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The Effects of Marriage on Couples' Allocation of Time Between Market and Non-Market Hours
El Lahga, AbdelRahmen - 2007
We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours … the presence of endogenous regressors. Our results indicate that marriage increases women's specialization in home …-based activities and that marriage decreases women's leisure. These effects are robust across specifications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777458
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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal
Cudeville, Elisabeth; Guénard, Charlotte; Robilliard, … - 2017
In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011656317
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For better or for worse? : state-level marital formation and risk sharing
Chami, Ralph; Hess, Gregory D. - 2002
marriage as well as for a precautionary savings motive. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409730
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The effects of recessions on family formation : fertility and marriage rates are pro-cyclical in many countries, but the longer-term consequences are inconclusive
Kondo, Ayako - 2016
Low fertility rates are a cause of social concern in many developed countries, with growing youth unemployment often being considered a primary cause. However, economic theory is not conclusive about whether deterioration in youth employment prospects actually discourages family formation or for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449533
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Schooling, marriage and age of first birth in Madagascar
Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472518