Living arrangements have undergone considerable change in recent decades. In most Western countries marriage is no …:3 percent of the women born between 1954 and 1958 started their first union outside of a formal marriage. The figure increases …

formation and dissolution of domestic partnerships. Selection into marriage is associated with distinctly different personality … important source of marital surplus for these cohorts. The effects of personality on marriage are more similar for younger men …

more attractive on the marriage market). We analyze the cohabiting and the marital wage premium in Germany using a shifting … - into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis of intra-household time use suggests that specialization …, if any, is part of the selection process from single to cohabitation to marriage. …

more attractive on the marriage market). We analyze the cohabiting and the marital wage premium in Germany using a shifting … - into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis of intra-household time use suggests that specialization …, if any, is part of the selection process from single to cohabitation to marriage …