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I'll marry you if you get me a job : marital assimilation and immigrant employment rates

Furtado, Delia (contributor); … - 2009

the intermarriage decision. -- Intermarriage ; employment ; immigration …

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How "Chicagoan" are Gary Becker's economic models of marriage?

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2009

This paper describes Gary Becker's theoretical models of marriage. At the micro-level, these are all rational choice models. At the market level, Becker offers two major types of models: partial equilibrium models based on Price Theory as taught by Marshall and Friedman and optimal sorting...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850161

The effect of joint custody on marriage and divorce

Halla, Martin - 2009

Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different timing of reforms across states and the control group of...

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How economics helped shape American Judaism

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010

religious intermarriage and assimilation are reviewed. A concluding section forecasts the future of American Judaism and Jewish … ; intermarriage …

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Why does intermarriage increase immigrant employment? ; the role of networks

Furtado, Delia; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2010

Social networks are commonly understood to play a large role in the labor market success of immigrants. Using 2000 U.S. Census data, this paper examines whether access to native networks, as measured by marriage to a native, increases the probability of immigrant employment. We start by...

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Is there a 'marriage premium' for gay men?

Zavodny, Madeline (contributor) - 2007

It is well-known that married men earn more than comparable single men, with typical estimates of the male marriage premium in the range of 10 to 20 percent. Some research also finds that cohabiting men earn more than men not living with a female partner. This study uses data from the General...

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Interethnic marriage : a choice between ethnic and educational similarities

Furtado, Delia (contributor); … - 2008

This paper examines the effects of education on intermarriage, and specifically whether the mechanisms through which … education affects intermarriage differ by immigrant generation, age at arrival, and race. We consider three main paths through … discuss policy implications. -- Ethnic intermarriage ; education ; immigration …

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Delayed entry into first marriage : further evidence on the Becker-Landes-Michael hypothesis

Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Chen, Yu - 2012

In their pioneering research, Becker, Landes and Michael (1977) found that beyond age 30 there is a positive relationship between women's age at first marriage and marital instability. They interpreted this finding as a "poor-match" effect emerging as the biological clock begins to tick. In...

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Women's age at first marriage and marital instability : evidence from the 2006-2008 national survey of family growth

Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Chen, Yu - 2011

One of the most salient demographic trends in the U.S. landscape in recent decades has been the pronounced increase in age at first marriage. This paper examines the implications of women's delayed entry to marriage for marital stability using data from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family...

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With or without you : divorce rates and intra-household allocation of time

Tabasso, Domenico - 2010

This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently likely to decrease the risk of divorce. All such...

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