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Author: Holland, Jennifer
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Holland, Jennifer |
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Is There an Economic Bar for Marriage? Socioeconomic Status Differentials and Implications for Marriage Promotion Policies Presented: New York, NY, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 29-31, 2007. Also: http://paa2007.princeton.edu/abstractViewer.aspx?submissionId=71814 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Education; Family Formation; Marital Status; Marriage; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Economic stability and prospects have always been important for family formation, especially for marriage. Recent research among low-income U.S. couples suggests that couples delay marriage until they reach the perceived economic 'bar' for marriage. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to more extensively investigate the existence and level of the hypothesized marriage bar. I consider differences by socioeconomic status in levels of earnings associated with increases in marriage among cohabiting couples. I find that combined couple earnings are most important for those with a high school degree or less. Marriage odds increase significantly for these couples between $26,000 and $34,000 of combined earnings. The earnings bar for marriage is above the poverty threshold for a family of three ($13,861 in 2000) and above the phase-out for many government transfer programs. It is unlikely that income supplements would push disadvantaged couples above the marriage bar. |
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Holland, Jennifer. "Is There an Economic Bar for Marriage? Socioeconomic Status Differentials and Implications for Marriage Promotion Policies." Presented: New York, NY, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 29-31, 2007. |
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Holland, Jennifer Vitali, Agnese |
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Economic Dependency and Cohabiting Couples' Union Transitions Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Earnings; Marital History/Transitions; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The decline of the male breadwinner model and the increasing importance women as income providers has changed partners' economic dependency. Focusing on heterosexual cohabiting couples in the United States, we investigate the association between partners' relative earnings and union stability and progression. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (couples = 3,659; couple-years = 10,876) and discrete-time hazard models, we analyze whether partners' relative earnings is associated with continued cohabitation, marriage and separation, net of demographic, socio-economic and couple characteristics. Results indicate that men's relative economic position continues to be a key determinant of union stability: female breadwinning couples face a higher risk of union dissolution. At the same time, there is evidence that cohabitation may be a "holding pattern" for both female and male breadwinning couples, suggesting that both men's and women's career development may be important for marriage. |
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Bibliography Citation
Holland, Jennifer and Agnese Vitali. "Economic Dependency and Cohabiting Couples' Union Transitions." Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017. |