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Do individuals divorce for economic reasons? Can we measure the attractiveness of new matches in the marriage market … model of the household with consumption, production and revealed preference conditions for stability on the marriage market …. We define marital instability in terms of the consumption gains to remarrying another individual in the same marriage …
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partner violence, early marriage, and female genital mutilations - negatively affect the schooling of boys and girls …
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In this note we analyze a simple game model of effort and time investment in an arranged marriage where the goal of the …
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Altruism among family members can, in some cases, inhibit cooperation by increasing the utility that players expect to receive in a non-cooperative equilibrium. To test this, we examine agricultural productivity in polygynous households in West Africa. We find that cooperation is greater –...
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arranged marriage. We first specify the net utility function of individual i as a function of this individual's own effort and … arranged marriage in the first nation is likely to be much lower than the corresponding net utility of the pair in the second …
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arranged marriage. We first specify the net utility function of individual i as a function of this individual's own effort and … arranged marriage in the first nation is likely to be much lower than the corresponding net utility of the pair in the second …
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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 consider a non-cooperative model of the household, in which the husband and wife decide on parental leave and the allocation of time between child rearing and the labor market. They can choose the non-cooperative outside option or cooperate by reaching an agreement of specialization in which...
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all-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women but …
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We study the effect of a policy change that exogenously shifted bargaining power from mothers to fathers on intimate partner violence. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment based on a series of reforms in Spain that shifted the custody decision from being unilaterally determined by the mother to...
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