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Grandma was Right: Why Cohabitation Undermines Relational Satisfaction, But Is Increasing Anyway

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This paper uses a game theoretic model to explain empirical research which has revealed higher relational satisfaction among married couples than cohabiting couples, as well as among married couples who did not cohabit before marriage. Despite these findings, in recent decades cohabitation rates have dramatically increased in both Europe and the United States. Instrumental variables estimations on data from 28 industrialized countries and 50 U.S. states show cohabitation strongly correlated with increases in women's labor force participation, where a 10 percent increase in women's labor force participation results in a 6.4 to 14.6 percent increase in cohabitation.

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  • Bruce Wydick, 2007. "Grandma was Right: Why Cohabitation Undermines Relational Satisfaction, But Is Increasing Anyway," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(4), pages 617-645, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:60:y:2007:i:4:p:617-645
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2007.00388.x
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    1. Kathleen E Kiernan, 2003. "Cohabitation and divorce across nations and generations," CASE Papers case65, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.
    2. Kathleen E Kiernan, 2003. "Cohabitation and divorce across nations and generations," CASE Papers 065, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.
    3. Kiernan, Kathleen, 2003. "Cohabitation and divorce across nations and generations," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 6371, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    2. Helmut Rainer & Ian Smith, 2012. "Education, Communication and Wellbeing: An Application to Sexual Satisfaction," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 65(4), pages 581-598, November.
    3. Yurko, Anna, 2012. "Costly Divorce and Marriage Rates," MPRA Paper 37810, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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