Declining marriage rates and increasing cohabitation rates in modern Russia have become a trend that many scholars have … higher their probability of starting of the first cohabitation and the lower their risk to have the first marriage. Our … analysis showed that a cohabitation is not yet a complete alternative to marriage, but it has a possibility of becoming it for …

after accounting for the impact of child penalties. While 2 ⁄3 of the total effect of cohabitation is due to partnered women … having higher fertility than unpartnered women, an income penalty of 5% is directly due to cohabitation, and not due to … children. Cohabitation also reduces women's propensity to work evenings and weekends, and to hold a second job. The effects are …

This article explores same-sex marriage decisions under the changing laws in Taiwan, and whether or not legal … 2019. Data shows that marriage decisions are intertwined with ‘push’ and ‘pull’ elements. Coming-out conflicts and a lack … reinforce them. I argue that marriage remains a privilege for those who ‘can’ marry, and same-sex marriage is thus a critical …

rearing, cleaning, and cooking) to determine which relationship -- marriage or cohabitation -- is more efficient. The Article … concludes that marriage is more efficient at producing home goods than cohabitation. This Article then proposes that the welfare …, those laws should be marriage neutral (that is, they should not promote cohabitation) …