Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35127 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3543
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper tests whether being convicted of a crime affects marriage market outcomes. While it is relatively well documented that crime hurts in terms of reduced future income, there has been little systematic analysis on the association between crime and marriage market outcomes. This paper exploits a detailed Danish register-based data set to fill this gap in the literature. The main findings are that male convicts do not face lower transition rates into partnerships as such, but they face a lower chance of forming partnerships with females from more well-off families. In addition males who are convicted face a significantly higher dissolution risk than their law abiding counterparts.
Subjects: 
Crime
marriage
divorce
JEL: 
J12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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