The ties that bind: Principles of cohesion in cohabitation and marriage
The ties that bind: Principles of cohesion in cohabitation and marriage
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DOI：
10.2307/2657490
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发表时间：
1999-06-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Joyner, K
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作者：
Brines, J;Joyner, K
有大量文献阐述了婚姻稳定的相关因素，但人们对同居伴侣随时间推移而团结在一起的原因知之甚少。尽管专业化的分工可能会增加婚姻的好处，加强夫妻之间的联系，但交易方面的考虑使得专业化对同居者不具吸引力。根据关于承诺的出现的研究，我们认为同居者在平等的条件下更有可能保持在一起。使用收入动态小组研究的数据，我们通过模拟美国已婚和长期同居婚姻的稳定性来检验这些观点。我们发现，采取更专业分工的已婚夫妇离婚的可能性较小，但影响不大。在同居者中，就业和收入越来越相似的伴侣面临的分手风险大幅降低，但其影响是不对称的：当女性同居者赚得比她的伴侣更多时，不平等更具破坏性。
A vast literature addresses the correlates of marital stability, but little is known about what unites cohabiting partners over time. Although a specialized division of labor might increase the benefits of marriage and strengthen ties between husband and wife, transactional considerations make specialization unattractive for cohabiters. Drawing from work on the emergence of commitment, we argue that cohabiters are more likely to remain together under conditions of equality Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we test these ideas by modeling the stability of married and longterm cohabiting unions in the United Stares. We find that married couples who adopt a more specialized division of labor are less likely to divorce, but the effect is modest. Among cohabiters, partners whew employment and earnings are increasingly similar face sharply reduced risks of breaking up, but the effect is asymmetric: Inequality is more disruptive when the female cohabiter earns more than her partner.