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Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - 2014

The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … abolished CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …

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Moms' time - married or not

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2020

Using time-diary data from the U.S. and six wealthy European countries, I demonstrate that non-partnered mothers spend slightly less time performing childcare, but much less time in other household activities than partnered mothers. Unpartnered mothers' total work time - paid work and household...

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Household behavior and the marriage market

Del Boca, Daniela; Flinn, Christopher J. - 2013

: efficiently or inefficiently. Under strong, but standard, assumptions regarding marriage market equilibria, marital sorting … efficient or not. We develop a new likelihood-based metric to compare marriage market fits under the two alternative behavioral …

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Spouse Selection in Arranged Marriages : An Analysis of Time Invariant and Time Variant Decision Rules

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid - 2004

Even though arranged marriages have been around for quite a while, the economics literature has paid little attention to the nature of decision making in such marriages. Therefore, very little is known about the impacts of alternate decision rules on the spouse selection question in arranged...

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Spouse Selection in Arranged Marriages : An Analysis of Time Invariant and Time Variant Decision Rules

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Marriage, Labor Supply, and Home Production : A Longitudinal Microeconomic Analysis of Marriage, Intra-Household Bargaining and Time Use Using the BHPS, 1991-2008

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When Homemakers are Compensated : The Effect of the Homemaking Provision on Spousal Time Allocation

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The liberalization of divorce laws has reduced the commitment value of marriage and household specialization. I examine … how the homemaking provision in family law that gives recognition to the contribution of homemakers in marriage in the … the property rights of homemakers in marital property division at divorce, in inducing women to invest in their marriage …

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Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type

Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023

Relationships have changed dramatically in the last fifty years. Fewer couples are marrying, more are cohabiting. Reasons for this shift abound, but the shift may have consequences of its own. A number of models predict that those cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data...

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Common law marriage and couple formation

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-26

women without college. CLM effects on likelihood of marriage and cohabitation and likelihood of being divorced if ever …The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …

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