There's More to Marriage Than Love: The Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Intermarriages and Separations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Adda, Jerome; Pinotti, Paolo; Tura, Giulia
• 署名单位: Bocconi University; University of Milano-Bicocca
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/734093
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 1276-1333
• 关键词: IMMIGRANT LEGALIZATION; gender-differences; labor-market; transmission; econometrics; INVESTMENT; spillover; BEHAVIOR; CHOICE; IMPACT

摘要

We analyze the contribution of legal status incentives on the marriage choices of natives and migrants. Access to legal status reduces the probability of immigrants intermarrying with natives by 40% and increases the hazard rate of separation for intermarriages by 20%. We develop and estimate a multidimensional equilibrium model of marriage, fertility, and separation, where individuals match on observed and unobserved characteristics. Allowing for trade-offs between cultural distance, legal status, and other socioeconomic spousal characteristics, we quantify the role of legal status and the strength of cultural preferences and evaluate the welfare consequences of granting legal status to immigrants.