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Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...
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with intermarriage, i.e., marriage to a spouse from the host country. Specifically, I analyse the association between …
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We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...
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and native marriage for several reasons. Intermarried couples may specialize less due to smaller comparative advantages …
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The primary objective of this study is to examine the contribution of available information constrained by parents' fields of study to the observed assortative preferences in their children's choice of major. Comparable to panel models, we define within-family transmission functions with 1-to-2...
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differ by type of marriage and gender of the immigrant—and, consequently, affect how spouses supply labor to the market …—specialization differences, by type of marriage, are insignificant when the immigrant has post-college education. At lower levels of immigrant …
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Premiums and eligibility for health insurance may cause a "marriage lock," in which couples stay married for the sake … estimates thus provide evidence that marriage lock exists. …
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Germany. Specifically, transitions from (1) singlehood to the first partnership, (2) singlehood to the first marriage, (3 …) singlehood to the first cohabitation, (4) cohabitation to marriage and (5) marriage to divorce are investigated. Data from the … cohabitation, marriage and divorce and to investigate the proportionality assumption in Cox models. We formulate four research …
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