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or region of residence) operate on the same marriage market and are characterized by a homogeneous consumption technology … consumption level in case of marriage dissolution or spousal death …
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Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically since the 1970s. Traditionally, one parent - usually the mother - was assigned sole custody of the child. Today, many divorced parents continue to share parental rights and...
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Australia, UK and US, we find that selection into marriage by individuals with a higher taste for home-produced goods can … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …
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Marriage used to be practically universal, but now persists as an institution for only some groups, while others choose … non-marital fertility. This paper posits that if one role of marriage is to insure one partner's investment in children … enforcement outside of marriage have reduced the relative strength of the marital contract, the division of assets, particularly …
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among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …
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We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …
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We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …
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beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …
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Do individuals divorce for economic reasons? Can we measure the attractiveness of new matches in the marriage market …? We answer these questions using a structural model of the household and a rich panel dataset from Malawi. We propose a … model of the household with consumption, production and revealed preference conditions for stability on the marriage market …
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data from Malawi. Using revealed preference conditions for a stable marriage market, we define the economic attractiveness …'s marriage market? We answer these questions using a structural model of consumer-producer households that is applied to rich … the value of consumption and leisure in the current marriage. We estimate this marital instability measure for every …
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