What's love got to do with it? Love-life gossip and migration intentions in rural Iceland

What’s Love Got to Do with It

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What ’ s love got to do with it ?

CSAE WPS/2006-01 Whats love got to do with it ? An experimental test of household models in East Uganda

We test core theories of the household using variants of a public good game and experimental data from 240 couples in rural Uganda. Spouses do not maximise surplus from cooperation and realise a greater surplus when women are in charge. This violates assumptions of unitary and cooperative models. When women control the common account, they receive less than when men control it; this contradicts...

“I Do It With Love”

For caregivers, the impacts of caring for their loved ones with dementia at home are complex. The purpose of this study was to gain understanding of the meaning and experience of engagement for caregivers of individuals with dementia living in the community. Participants are from a culturally diverse population of low-income caregivers and care recipients in the northeastern United States. We c...

What ’ s love got to do with it ? Homogamy and dyadic approaches to understanding marital instability

The determinants of marital instability is an important area of research for demography, sociology and economics. A host of public policy outcomes are significantly affected by family breakdown. Yet we know little about the factors which currently determine marital longevity. This is attributable to inadequate data and statistical methodology. This paper improves our understanding of the issue ...