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A U.S. Analysis of the Macro- and Micro-Economics of Family Formation: Marrying in the Great Recession and Prior Post-Industrial Recessions

Espinoza, C. Soledad - 2014

With restricted-use data from the U.S. Census Bureau, I conduct an analysis of the macro- and micro-economic determinants of marrying. Based on observations across a broad segment of calendar years (from 1978 to 2010), I examine the measures of the national unemployment rate for males, national...

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You Can't Be Happier than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce

Stichnoth, Holger; Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia - 2010

find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …

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Marriage and Divorce under Labor Market Uncertainty

Holzner, Christian; Schulz, Bastian - 2019

This paper studies match formation and dissolution in frictional marriage markets under labor market uncertainty. We … partners in the marriage market and switch between employment and unemployment in the labor market. In the marriage market …

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