The Wife's Protector : A Quantitative Theory Linking Contraceptive Technology with the Decline in Marriage

The 19th and 20th centuries saw a transformation in contraceptive technologies and their take up. This led to a sexual revolution, which witnessed a rise in premarital sex and out-of-wedlock births, and a decline in marriage. The impact of contraception on married and single life is analyzed here both theoretically and quantitatively. The analysis is conducted using a model where people search for partners. Upon finding one, they can choose between abstinence, marriage, and a premarital sexual relationship. The model is confronted with some stylized facts about premarital sex and marriage over the course of the 20th century. Some economic history is also presented

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Greenwood, Jeremy
Other Persons:	Guner, Nezih (contributor) ; Kopecky, Karen A. (contributor)
Publisher:	[2019]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Ehe \| Marriage \| Theorie \| Theory \| Verhütungsmittel \| Contraceptive \| Sexualität \| Sexuality

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (59 p)
Series:	IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 12760
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.3488187 [DOI]
Classification:	J11 - Demographic Trends and Forecasts ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income and Wealth ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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