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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615607
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Cohabitation, child development, and college costs
Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Hannusch, Anne; Kopecky, Karen A.; … - 2025
college. Marriage, which entails lower separation risk and more equal asset division if separation does occur, provides … insurance to the lower-earning spouse, which facilitates child investment. Using an OLG model of marriage, cohabitation, wealth … accumulation, and educational investments where college completion is risky, we find that insurance through marriage is …
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Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice
Landvoigt, Tim; Muehler, Grit; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007
This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information from age two on, drawn from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) 1984?2005. We estimate binary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297938
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Life-cycle incidence of family policy measures in Germany: Evidence from a dynamic microsimulation model
Bonin, Holger; Reuss, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - 2015
Germany benefit considerably from family- and marriage-related transfers, yet also reveal substantial variation behind the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527631
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Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice
Landvoigt, Tim; Muehler, Grit; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information from age two on, drawn from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) 1984?2005. We estimate binary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098445
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Family Tax Splitting: A Microsimulation of its Potential Labour Supply and Intra-household Welfare Effects in Germany
Laisney, François; Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam - 2003
This paper assesses the effects that an introduction of the French family splitting mechanism would have on German families' labour supply and intra-household consumption behaviour. We use simulated real world microdata created by means of a 'deterministic' collective labour supply model. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297284
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299499
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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299935
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307839
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Marital sorting, inequality and the role of female labor supply: Evidence from East and West Germany
Pestel, Nico - 2015
This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past three decades, while explicitly taking into account labor supply choices. Using rich micro data, the observed distribution of couples' earnings is compared to a counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301342