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dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a … disproportionate share of marriage-related expenses including purchasing a house or condominium for the newlywed couple. …
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, where the bride's side has to pay substantial dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in the Republic … of Korea, where, as in the People's Republic of China, the groom's side has to bear a disproportionate share of marriage …
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This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to … women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …, savings, labor supply, leisure, type of relationship, divorce, and intermarriage. Predictions are based on Demand and Supply …
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the marriage market after the war. Marriage data from the first wave of the Italian Household Longitudinal Survey (1997 … that here, the shock provided for a more fundamental change in marriage patterns compared to urban, lower-lying, and less … agricultural provinces where marriage markets might have been more flexible to begin with. …
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the marriage market after the war. Marriage data from the first wave of the Italian Household Longitudinal Survey (1997 … that here, the shock provided for a more fundamental change in marriage patterns compared to urban, lower-lying, and less … agricultural provinces where marriage markets might have been more flexible to begin with. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012218983
Married individuals match with spouses who share their occupation more frequently than predicted by chance, suggesting either a preference for same-occupation matches or lower search costs within occupation. To distinguish between these explanations, we use a differences-in-differences strategy...
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dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a … disproportionate share of marriage-related expenses including purchasing a house or condominium for the newlywed couple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987329
This study explores the effects of imbalances in the sex ratio, and their impact on intra-household bargaining, on both the quantity and the quality of children. We first present the theoretical model of intra-household bargaining in the presence of conflicting family goals within a couple, and...
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This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German …. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for …
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analyse mechanisms, we also use administrative data on marriage rates and household survey data on attitudes to violence … against women and marriage quality. We estimate that the elasticity of violence against women with respect to the surplus of … as a function of the sex ratio at birth and marriage quality measures, including self-reported domestic violence, are …
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