Resources, Living Arrangements and First Union Formation in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany

Clara H. Mulder (), William A. V. Clark and Michael Wagner
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Clara H. Mulder: University of Amsterdam
William A. V. Clark: UCLA
Michael Wagner: Cologne University

European Journal of Population, 2006, vol. 22, issue 1, No 2, 3-35

Abstract: Abstract This paper addresses the impact of the previous living arrangement (living in the parental home versus living away) on first union formation. We investigate differences between the living arrangements in the impact of individual and parental resources. Analyses are performed for three countries with different welfare regimes: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Many of our findings are in line with the general hypothesis that resources matter less to union formation for those living away from the parents than for those still living in the parental home. Furthermore, the results suggest that resources matter less in Conservative Continental European welfare regimes than in the USA, a Liberal Market welfare regime.

Keywords: marriage; parental home; union formation; Formation du couple; foyer parental; mariage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-005-4768-8

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