We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We show that
the distribution of the share of income earned by the wife exhibits a sharp drop to the right of …

The present study investigates the demographics of same-sex marriages—that is, registered
partnerships—in Norway and Sweden. We give an overview of the demographic …

Several studies have shown that a wife's strong (socio) economic position is associated with
an increase in the risk of divorce. Less is known about such effects for cohabiting …

We study how promotions to top jobs affect the probability of divorce. We compare the
relationship trajectories of winning and losing candidates for mayor and parliamentarian and …

Using the 41-year division of Germany as a natural experiment, we show that the German
Democratic Republic's gender-equal institutions created a culture that has undone the male …

A large body of research focuses on the (socio) economic antecedents of marriage
dissolution. Less is known about the factors that affect the stability of cohabitations. The …

We study how relationship stability of couples is affected by an increase in fathers'
involvement in staying home from work with young children. We make use of a parental …

We investigate whether paying fathers to stay at home with their newborn child affects
marital stability. Our empirical analysis is based on a reform in Iceland that offered one …

Most of our knowledge on divorce pertains to the USA and northern Europe, while
demographic studies from southern Europe are relatively scarce. Our study looks at this …

Using ecosystemic theory, we evaluated marital satisfaction among 501 married individuals
living in Northern Cyprus by analyzing socio-economic, attitudinal, psychological …