cohabitation. An excess supply of men who prefer marriage not only reduces the marriage incentives of men and raises those of women … marry or cohabitate. Marriage encourages but does not ensure a higher level of spousal commitment, which in turn can … prefer to act with commitment in marriage are matched with someone who has the same preference. In such an equilibrium, the …

cohabitation over marriage; they are less likely to have their first child within marriage; and their own partnerships and …

stated objectives of increasing marriage rates and cutting child poverty at no cost to the government. The assessment is …, and marital status. We find that while the plan would be highly effective at increasing marriage, it would reduce child …

I look at the effects of making the exit costs of cohabitation as high as divorce on new and existing partnerships. I … cohabitation. This law defines cohabiting partnerships as de facto relationships and makes the termination of a de facto … stability of new and existing couples.I find that when terminating a cohabitation becomes as costly as getting divorced, (i) new …

In this paper, the authors report on cohabitation and marriage data coming from the third wave of the National … relationships with married relationships, according to whether cohabitation preceded marriage, to obtain further insights into the … as they take on adult roles and responsibilities. Add Health employed several innovative methods to measure cohabitation …

arrangement, and marital status. We find that the U.S. anti-poverty policy distorts the cohabitation/marriage decision of single … earners-as proposed in the 21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act-would increase the employment rate of the spouses of workers …