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What Do Social Scientists Know About the Benefits of Marriage? A Review of Quantitative Methodologies
by
David C. Ribar
(January 2004)
Abstract:
This study critically reviews quantitative methods that have been employed and evidence that
has been gathered to assess the benefits of marriage and consequences of other family
structures. The study begins by describing theoretical models of the determinants of different
well-being outcomes and the role of family structure in producing those outcomes. It also
discusses models of the determinants of marriage. The study then overviews specific
statistical techniques that have been applied in empirical analyses of the effects of marriage,
including standard regression, instrumental variables, selection and switching models,
matching, non-parametric bounds, fixed effects, and latent factor (correlated random effects)
methods. The study then reviews selected studies that have been completed in three
domains of well-being outcomes: children's well-being, adults' earnings, and adults' physical
health.
Text: See Discussion Paper No. 998
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