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Relationship stability: Evidence from labor and marriage markets
Kesternich,Iris Siflinger,Bettina Smith,James P. Valder,Franziska
Kesternich,Iris
Siflinger,Bettina
Smith,James P.
Valder,Franziska
Abstract
Based on a sample of elderly individuals from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe, we investigate the relationship between job and marital stability over the life cycle. We argue that an unobserved, time-varying social skill affects stability in both markets. Using a grouped fixed-effects estimator, we show that unobserved relationship stability in both markets is significantly and positively associated. Instability in both markets is associated with lower levels of trust and conscientiousness, and higher levels of extraversion and neuroticism. The absence of the father during childhood perpetuates higher instability later in life. Higher instability is also costly as it is associated with lower levels of late-life well-being.
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2025-11
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Research Projects
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Ageing and Retirement in Europe, Relationship stability, Survey of Health, Grouped fixed-effect estimator, Job turnover, Marriage dissolution, Non-cognitive skills, Social skills
Citation
Kesternich, I, Siflinger, B, Smith, J P & Valder, F 2025, 'Relationship stability: Evidence from labor and marriage markets', Scandinavian Journal of Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.70004
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