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Moms' Time - Married or Not
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Using time-diary data from the U.S. and six wealthy European countries, I demonstrate that non-partnered mothers spend slightly less time performing childcare, but much less time in other household activities than partnered mothers. Unpartnered mothers' total work time--paid work and household...
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Cohabitation and the uneven retreat from marriage in the US, 1950 - 2010
Lundberg, Shelly; Pollak, Robert A. - 2013
Since 1950 the sources of the gains from marriage have changed radically. As the educational attainment of women … specialization in work weakened. The primary source of the gains to marriage shifted from the production of household services and … commodities to investment in children. For some, these changes meant that marriage was no longer worth the costs of limited …
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Transitions from cohabitation : a competing risk analysis
Shaw, Tara Shankar - In: Review of market integration 3 (2011) 2, pp. 121-159
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Separate and unequal : the effect of unequal access to employment-based health insurance on gay, lesbian, and bisexual people
Ash, Michael A.; Badgett, M. V. Lee - 2004
Employers' standard practice of including legal spouses in health insurance is likely to place people in unmarried couples at a significant disadvantage for obtaining coverage. Data from married and unmarried couples in the Current Population Survey confirm that people with unmarried partners...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527186
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Cohabitation and the Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the U.S., 1950-2010
Lundberg, Shelly; Pollak, Robert - 2013
Since 1950 the sources of the gains from marriage have changed radically. As the educational attainment of women … specialization in work weakened. The primary source of the gains to marriage shifted from the production of household services and … commodities to investment in children. For some, these changes meant that marriage was no longer worth the costs of limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329207
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Fertility differences between married and cohabiting couples: a switching regression analysis
Zhang, Junfu; Song, Xue - 2007
more children than cohabiting couples primarily because marriage provides stronger incentives for specialization in …
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(Changing) marriage and cohabitation patterns in the US : do divorce laws matter?
Balsutto, Fabio; Kozlov, Egor - 2025
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Why do couples and singles save during retirement?
De Nardi, Mariacristina; French, Eric; Jones, John Bailey; … - 2021
While the savings of retired singles tend to fall with age, those of retired couples tend to rise. We estimate a rich model of retired singles and couples with bequest motives and uncertain longevity and medical expenses. Our estimates imply that while medical expenses are an important driver of...
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Cohabitation and the Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the U.S., 1950-2010
Lundberg, Shelly - 2013
Cohabitation became an acceptable living arrangement for all groups, but cohabitation serves different functions among … educated typically cohabit before marriage, but they marry before conceiving children and their marriages are relatively stable …Since 1950 the sources of the gains from marriage have changed radically. As the educational attainment of women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459248
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Why do couples and singles save during retirement?
De Nardi, Mariacristina; French, Eric; Jones, John Bailey; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624121