relationship histories, consisting of about 35,000 young Danish men observed before and after their first marriage or cohabitation … during the years 1984-2001. Since the majority of young Danes cohabit before they marry, if they ever marry, cohabitation is … controlling for selectivity. The cohabitation premium is found to be of the same size as the marital wage premium. Our results …

different years and requiring different cohabitation length. We find that obtaining the right to petition for alimony led women …

the research material clearly indicates that staying in cohabitation can even aggravate the situation of a cohabitant … cohabitants is affected by deep asymmetry, because on the one hand the legislator uses cohabitation to improve the allocation of … public revenues, but on the other hand it does not include cohabitants with pro-family tax policy (although cohabitation is …

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 …

cohabitation. While there was no change in overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in out …

singulate mean age of marriage (SMAM) in countries of origin was positively related to cohabitation, whereas those originating …