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Does community property discourage unpartnered births?
Ekert-Jaffé, Olivia (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper investigates the likelihood of an unpartnered birth as a function of laws regulating the division of joint property in case of divorce. Based on a rational choice model of marriage and assuming that on average women earn less than men, we predict that women are less likely to have an...
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Looking back : marriage, divorce, and out-of-wedlock birth
Aiyagari, Sudhakar Rao (contributor);  … - 2005
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Social security and divorce decisions
Dillender, Marcus - 2014
People who have divorced are entitled to Social Security spousal benefits if their marriages lasted at least ten years. This paper uses 1985–1995 Vital Statistics data and the 2008–2011 American Community Surveys to analyze how this rule affects divorce decisions. I find evidence that the...
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Social security and the timing of divorce
Goda, Gopi Shah; Shoven, John B.; Slavov, Sita N. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894858
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Les transformations de l'Etat social en Suisse et en France : les enseignements de l'analyse comparative
Friboulet, Jean-Jacques - 1995
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Réorienter les régimes sociaux vers la réinsertion professionnelle
Bonoli, Giuliano - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003954811
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Expanding the welfare state after the Golden Age : the case of Switzerland
Moser, Julia - 2005
.h. nach dem Ende des so genannten Goldenen Zeitalters. Die leitende Frage ist, ob die Schweiz ihre Sozialprogramme in dieser … Veränderungen dürfen aber nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass auch in der Schweiz ein gewisser Rückbau des Wohlfahrtsstaates … systematischen "race to the bottom" in der Schweiz. Bezüglich der Ausgabendaten muss allerdings berücksichtigt werden, dass diese …
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The demand for social insurance : does culture matter?
Brügger, Beatrix; Lalive, Rafael; Steinhauer, Andreas; … - 2011
Can different social groups develop different demands for social insurance of risks to health and work? We study this issue across language groups in Switzerland. Language defines social groups and Swiss language groups are separated by a clear geographic border. Actual levels of social...
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The demand for social insurance : does culture matter?
Brügger, Beatrix; Lalive, Rafael; Steinhauer, Andreas; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492554