The Dynamics of Marriage and Divorce

Gustaf Bruze, Michael Svarer and Yoram Weiss
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Gustaf Bruze: Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Denmark
Yoram Weiss: Eitan Bergalas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University and Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Denmark

Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University

Abstract: We formulate and estimate a dynamic model of marriage, divorce, and remarriage using 27 years of panel data for the entire Danish cohort born in 1960. The marital surplus is identified from the probability of divorce, and the surplus shares of husbands and wives from their willingness to enter marriage. Education and marriage order are complements in generating gains from marriage. Educated men and women receive a larger share of the marital gains but this effect is mitigated when their proportion rises. Education stabilizes marriage and second marriages are less stable. As the cohort ages, uneducated men are the most likely to be single.

Keywords: Marriage; divorce; sorting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 2012-02-20
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