Transitions from Cohabitation

Tara Shankar Shaw
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Tara Shankar Shaw: India Development Foundation, Haryana, India. E-mail: tarashaw@buffalo.edu

Review of Market Integration, 2011, vol. 3, issue 2, 121-159

Abstract: The article provides an empirical examination of the transitional dynamics of individuals choosing between marriage, cohabitation and being single. Cohabitation has become an accepted form of relationship in USA, but it is usually of short duration, typically less than one year. I empirically test how individuals’ labour market characteristics influence the relationship choices and transitions. Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation are used to estimate a competing risks model to determine what influences the transitions of individuals from cohabitation to mar-riage or being single. A higher income for the male partner increases the likelihood of the couple transiting to marriage. A higher income for the female partner decreases the likelihood of transition to the state of being single. Increased education of the male and female partner increases the likelihood of transition from cohabitation to marriage but does not affect the transition to the state of being single.

Keywords: Cohabitation; marriage; survival analysis; competing risks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/097492921100300202

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