Fortunate Families? The Effects of Wealth on Marriage and Fertility

David Cesarini, Erik Lindqvist, Robert Östling and Anastasia Terksaya ()
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Anastasia Terksaya: Department of Economics and IEB, Universidad de Barcelona, Postal: Carrer de John Maynard Keynes, 1, 11 , 08034 Barcelona, Spain

No 4/2023, Working Paper Series from Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research

Abstract: We estimate the effects of large, positive wealth shocks on marriage and fertility in a sample of Swedish lottery players. For male winners, wealth increases marriage formation and reduces divorce risk, suggesting wealth increases men’s attractiveness as prospective and current partners. Wealth also increases male fertility. The only discernible effect on female winners is that wealth increases their short-run (but not long-run) divorce risk. Our results for divorce are consistent with a model where the wealthier spouse retains most of his/her wealth in divorce. In support of this assumption, we show divorce settlements in Sweden often favor the richer spouse.

Keywords: Fertility; children; marriage; divorce (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 J12 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 101 pages
Date: 2024-04-08
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