Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Umeå Economic Studies,
Umeå University, Department of Economics

No 685: Marital Status and Unobserved Heterogeneity - Do twins suggest a genetic inheritance?

William Nilsson ()
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William Nilsson: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to reveal the importance of unobserved heterogeneity on marital status. The results for monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic twins indicate an important genetic component in marital status. Simply controlling for marital status could be misleading

Keywords: marriage; divorce; heterogeneity; selection; twins

JEL-codes: J12

8 pages, June 7, 2006

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