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A spouse and a house are all we need? : housing demand, labor supply and divorce over the lifecycle
Rock, Bram de; Kovaleva, Mariia; Potoms, Tom - 2023
To analyze the impact of changes in the value of marriage on household decisions, we present a limited commitment … changes in the value of marriage due to a housing price shock have an asymmetric impact on individual welfare both across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014419233
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Do alimony regulations matter inside marriage? : evidence from the 2008 reform of the German maintenance law
Schaubert, Marianna - 2018
This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802026
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Marriage, labor supply and the dynamics of the social safety net
Low, Hamish; Meghir, Costas; Pistaferri, Luigi; Voena, … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895644
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Fatter attraction : marital status and the relationship between BMI and labor supply
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2009
or for married women. We suggest a marriage market mechanism through which male BMI and earnings are positively related … traits are more relevant in the marriage market than the corresponding male traits. -- Body Size ; Labor Supply ; Earnings … ; Marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008840047
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Breaking the marriage trap : unilateral divorce and its effects on labor supply of married women
Alonso-Borrego, César; Pomares, Gema - 2023 - This version: April, 19, 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252782
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Abortion and female power in the household : evidence from labor supply
Oreffice, Sonia - 2003
Legalization of abortion in the 1970s represents a major cultural change: it gives women a higher degree of freedom to directly control their fertility, allowing them to ultimately decide upon children without man's consent and to decrease uncertainty in their expected labor market returns. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591311
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Household responses to individual shocks : disability and labor supply
Gallipoli, Giovanni; Turner, Laura - 2009
to selection into and out of marriage, while the second hinges on insurance transfers taking place within households. We … and life-cycle labor supply, endogenous marriage contracts and the possibility of time transfers between partners. We also … report evidence that the extended model with endogenous marriage contracts can fit divorce patterns observed in Canadian data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824514
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Why do so few women work in New York (and so many in Minneapolis)? : Labor supply of married women across US cities
Black, Dan A. (contributor);  … - 2008 - Rev.
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Consumer bankruptcy, mortgage default and labour supply
Li, Wenli; Meghir, Costas; Oswald, Florian - 2022
We specify and estimate a lifecycle model of consumption, housing demand and labor supply in an environment where individuals may file for bankruptcy or default on their mortgage. Uncertainty in the model is driven by house price shocks, education specific productivity shocks, and catastrophic...
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Women’s emancipation through education : a macroeconomic analysis
Guvenen, Fatih; Rendall, Michelle - 2013
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