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One-child policy and marriage market in China
Han, Jun; Zhao, Zhong - 2021
This study analyzes the effect of one-child policy on marriage market in China, and focuses on leftover situation, marriage age, and the age differential between husband and wife. Taking age of 30 as a cut-off point, the one-child policy has increased the leftover proportion about 1.2%, with...
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? : evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345865
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? : evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738835
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Maternity leave
Regmi, Krishna; Wang, Le - 2022
Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of maternity and family leave programs for childbearing on a national basis. This chapter reviews various types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414165
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A new estimator of search duration and its application to the marriage market
Jelnov, Pavel - 2018
It is well known that female age at first marriage positively correlates with male income inequality. The common interpretation of this fact is that marital search takes longer when the pool of potential mates is more unequal. This paper challenges that interpretation with a novel econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845514
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Did Medicaid expansion reduce medical divorce?
Slusky, David; Ginther, Donna K. - 2020
Medical divorce occurs when couples split up so that one spouse's medical bills do not deplete the assets of the … reported in the media. We develop a model of medical divorce that demonstrates that divorce is optimal when a couple's joint … qualify for Medicaid as exogenous variation in the incidence of divorce (as it was only implemented by some states). We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252711
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You can’t be happier than your wife : happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we …. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer utility … spouses, not only because they reflect a mismatch in terms of baseline happiness, but because they matter as such. -- divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923100
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You can’t be happier than your wife : happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2009
divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we …. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer utility … spouses, not only because they reflect a mismatch in terms of baseline happiness, but because they matter as such. -- Divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923636
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Social insurance and the marriage market
Persson, Petra - 2015
Social insurance is often linked to marriage. I model how such linkage affects the marriage market, and exploit Sweden's elimination of survivors insurance to demonstrate economically important responses along several behavioral margins in this market. Entry into marriage reflects a demand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530523
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Income assistance, marriage, and child poverty : an assessment of the Family Security Act
Ortigueira, Salvador; Siassi, Nawid - 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about changes in key income support programs, reigniting a debate about the design of financial aid to low-income households with children. In this study we assess the Family Security Act-a proposal presented by Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) on February 4, 2021 to...
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