This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these … relationship between divorce and marital investments is offered in terms of increasing intra-household time consumption … investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently …

This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these … relationship between divorce and marital investments is offered in terms of increasing intra-household time consumption … investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently …

This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these … relationship between divorce and marital investments is offered in terms of increasing intra-household time consumption … investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently …

cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data on time use - particularly housework time - as well as on the … degree of specialization in more narrowly defined household tasks from the 2001-2019 waves of the Household, Income and … marry without first cohabiting increase their reported housework time more than those who enter cohabitations (by 3.7 hours …

in the divorce rates to the role played by time use complementaritiesʺ within the household. The changes in time …. Furthermore the link between the way partners share household responsibilities and the hazard rate of divorce tends to vanish over …In the last twenty years the divorce rate in the United States has being decreasing, differentiating the US trend from …

traditional male breadwinner model of household specialization. Using the American Time Use Survey and exploiting a series of … reforms reacted by moving away from the traditional male breadwinner model of household specialization. We also find that … highly educated women substituted work for time devoted to housework and childcare, while less educated wives substituted …

in leisure and higher (lower) share of the couple's total work time (employment, commuting and housework). A large sample … is also consistent with the theory that marriage market participants' choices are affected by the prevailing sex ratio. …

at paid work, household chores, or both, while their husbands do no extra work. In some cases, they work for just an … extra hour per day. Immigrant men do not pay such a price. Some work 34 min less at household chores than native men in all …-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women, but not for …

hours at paid work, household chores or both, while their husbands do no extra work. In some cases they work an extra hour … per day. Immigrant men don't pay such price. Some work 34 minutes less at household chores than native men in all … all-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women but …