Marital Status and Unobserved Heterogeneity - Do twins suggest a genetic inheritance?

The purpose of this study is to reveal the importance of unobserved heterogeneity on marital status. The results for monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic twins indicate an important genetic component in marital status. Simply controlling for marital status could be misleading

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Year of publication:	2006-06-07
Authors:	Nilsson, William
Institutions:	Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet
Subject:	marriage \| divorce \| heterogeneity \| selection \| twins

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Umeå Economic Studies.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Umeå Economic Studies Number 685 8 pages
Classification:	J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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