Impicciatore, Roberto; Billari, Francesco - "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social … - 2010
the effect of civil marriage. The Italian case appears particularly interesting given the recent diffusion of premarital … cohabitation and civil marriage. Using micro-level data from a national-level representative survey held in 2003, we develop a … marriage, and divorce). Our results show that selectivity is the main factor that explains the higher divorce rates among those …