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Making Big Decisions: The Impact of Moves on Marriage among U.S. Army Personnel

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  • Susan Payne Carter
  • Abigail Wozniak

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We use exogenously determined, long-distance relocations of U.S. Army soldiers to investigate the impact of moving on marriage. In an event study analysis, we find that marriage rates increase sharply around the time of a move. Reduced-form exposure analysis reveals that an additional move over a five-year period increases the likelihood of marriage by 14 percent, a magnitude similar to those in observational data on civilians. Moves increase childbearing by a similar magnitude, suggesting that marriages induced by a move are formed with long-term intentions. We explore implications of our findings for theories of marriage related to search, bargaining, and decision-making costs.

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  • Susan Payne Carter & Abigail Wozniak, 2023. "Making Big Decisions: The Impact of Moves on Marriage among U.S. Army Personnel," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 58(3), pages 713-754.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:58:y:2023:i:3:p:713-754
    Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.1.0919-10429R1
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    1. Carter, Susan Payne & Swisher, Ryan D., 2020. "The effect of moving away from home on employee retention: Evidence among U.S. army soldiers," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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