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Divorce, fertility and the shot gun marriage
Alesina, Alberto (contributor); Giuliano, Paola (contributor) - 2006
that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Most of this effect is due to a decline of … divorce laws on the probability of entering and exiting marriage. Women planning to have children marry more easily with an … easier "exit option" from marriage. Thus, more children are born in the first years of marriage, while the total marital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330460
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Looking Back : Marriage, Divorce, and Out-of-Wedlock Births
Aiyagari, S. Rao; Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - 2005
A very brief historical discussion of marriage, divorce, and out-of-wedlock births in England and France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065009
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Divorce, Fertility and the Shot Gun Marriage
Alesina, Alberto - 2006
that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Most of this effect is due to a decline of … divorce laws on the probability of entering and exiting marriage. Women planning to have children marry more easily with an … easier quot;exit optionquot; from marriage. Thus, more children are born in the first years of marriage, while the total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780214
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Does Community Property Discourage Unpartnered Births?
Ekert-Jaffé, Olivia; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2021
property in case of divorce. Based on a rational choice model of marriage and assuming that on average women earn less than men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317011
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Nonmarital and Teen Fertility
Fletcher, Jason - 2017
planning technologies, that likely contribute to the large changes in patterns of marriage and fertility observed in developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954061
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Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2016
Using data of adult women from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that risk tolerance is associated with a higher probability of an out-of-partnership birth. In contrast, we find no association between risk tolerance and the probability of a cohabiting birth
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980274
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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years : An Economic Model of the Rise in Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús - 2010
Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148290
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From shame to game in one hundred years : an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2010
Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935113
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Risk attitude and nonmarital birth
Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2016
Using data of adult women from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that risk tolerance is associated with a higher probability of an out-of-partnership birth. In contrast, we find no association between risk tolerance and the probability of a cohabiting birth.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572302
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Nonmarital and teen fertility
Fletcher, Jason; Polos, Jessica - 2017
planning technologies, that likely contribute to the large changes in patterns of marriage and fertility observed in developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011671004