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dc.contributor.authorBethmann, Dirken
dc.contributor.authorKvasnicka, Michaelen
dc.date.accessioned2006-05-24-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-23T14:43:11Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-23T14:43:11Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/25065-
dc.description.abstractWe develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women derive utility from consumption and reproductive success, which is a function of the number and quality of own offspring. Because of paternal uncertainty, men unlike women may err in investing resources in offspring that is not biologically theirs. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining promiscuity in society. Both women and men are shown to benefit from lower levels of paternal uncertainty, as does average child quality because of increased parental investments. As an analytical framework, the model is suitable to study a number of societal, economic, and technological changes in their effects on marriage patterns. A combination of factors is argued to underlie the demise of marriage.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aHumboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSFB 649 Discussion Paper |x2005,046en
dc.subject.jelD10en
dc.subject.jelJ12en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.jelD02en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMatingen
dc.subject.keywordPaternal Uncertaintyen
dc.subject.keywordParental Investmenten
dc.subject.keywordMarriageen
dc.titlePaternal uncertainty and the economics of mating, marriage, and parental investment in children-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn512272093en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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