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The pill and partnerships: the impact of the birth control pill on cohabitation
Christensen, Finn - In: Journal of Population Economics 25 (2012) 1, pp. 29-52
This paper investigates the impact on cohabitation behavior of the introduction and dispersion of the birth control … shows that the pill was a catalyst that increased cohabitation’s role in selecting marriage partners, but did little in the … short run to promote cohabitation as a substitute for marriage. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2012 …
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Divorce and the birth control pill
Marcen, Miriam - 2013
This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment exploiting the differences in the language of the Comstock anti-obscenity statutes approved in the 1800s and early 1900s in the US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397461
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Divorce and the birth control pill in the US, 1950-85
Marcén, Miriam - In: Feminist economics 21 (2015) 4, pp. 151-174
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Divorce and the birth control pill
Marcén, Miriam - 2013
This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment exploiting the differences in the language of the Comstock anti-obscenity statutes approved in the 1800s and early 1900s in the US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543666
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Reproductive rights and the career plans of U.S. college freshmen
Herdis Steingrimsdottir - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 43 (2016), pp. 29-41
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Divorce and the birth control pill
MARCÉN, MIRIAM - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment exploiting the differences in the language of the Comstock anti-obscenity statutes approved in the 1800s and early 1900s in the US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418496
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Divorce and the birth control pill
MARCEN, MIRIAM - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment exploiting the differences in the language of the Comstock anti-obscenity statutes approved in the 1800s and early 1900s in the US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740372
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Single motherhood in East and West Germany : what can explain the differences?
Jirjahn, Uwe; Struewing, Cornelia - 2015
The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we examine two transmission channels leading to single motherhood, namely out-of-partnership births and separations of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305369
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Cohabitation : a nightmare on the allocation and distribution of death benefits in terms of section 37C of the South African pension funds Act 24 of 1956
Nevondwe, Lufuno; Rapatsa, Mashele - In: Pensions : an international journal 17 (2012) 3, pp. 153-157
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Financial implications of relationship breakdown : does marriage matter?
Fisher, Hayley; Low, Hamish - 2012
In raw data in the UK, the income loss on separation for women who were cohabiting is less than the loss for those who were married. Cohabitees lose less even after matching on observable characteristics including age and children. This difference is not explained by differences in access to...
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