*We would like to thank three anonymous referees, Emek Basker, Scott Drewianka and Courtney Lafountain for their helpful comments and suggestions and Michael Orlando for programming assistance. Pollak thanks the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their support. The usual disclaimer applies. ABSTRACT Using census data, Costa and Kahn (QJE, 2000) find that power couples-couples in ...

This study examines predictors of a cumulative measure of high-risk births, rather than single risks separately, as in prior research. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort survey, we incorporate data from fathers and mothers to assess characteristics associated with births subsequent to a focal child's birth within high-risk circumstances. Components of a high-risk birth in...

Work as well family life are crucial sources of human wellbeing, which however often interfere. This is especially so if partners work in the same occupation or industry. At time, being work-linked may benefit their career success. Still, surprisingly little known about wellbeing couples. Our study fills this gap by examining satisfaction differences between and non-work-linked partners. Using da...

Title of Thesis: MINE IS YOURS: MODES OF EXPENSE SHARING IN MARRIED AND COHABITING HOUSEHOLDS Catharine Hobart Warner, Master of Arts, 2007 Thesis Directed by: Professor John Iceland Department of Sociology Relatively little is known about differences in how married and cohabiting couples share their economic resources. Using the 2001 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIP...

due to the decreased growth rate and aging population, communities population has become a controversial issue. this subject has led many thinkers to understand the factors influencing fertility decline. understanding the quality of fertility reduction and family change requires an understanding of the status of women which is a result of global change. women, as one of the pillars of the famil...

Under Social Security program rules, the aged receive Social Security benefits either as retired workers, spouses, divorced spouses, or widow(er)s. Retired-worker benefits are paid to workers who have 40 quarters of coverage over their lives. Auxiliary benefits are paid to spouses, divorced spouses, and widow(er)s of retired workers. Spouse benefits are computed using the earnings history of th...

It is often presumed that infertility is not a problem in resource-poor areas where fertility rates are high. This is challenged by consistent evidence that the consequences of childlessness are very severe in low-income countries, particularly for women. In these settings, childless women are frequently stigmatized, isolated, ostracized, disinherited and neglected by the family and local commu...