TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gautier, Pieter A.
AU  - Svarer, Michael
AU  - Teulings, Coen
        TI  - Sin City?
        PY  - 2007/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2632
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2632
        AB  - Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? We investigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners by moving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danish couples. We find that of the couples who married in the city, the ones who stay in the city have significant higher divorce rates. Similarly, for the couples who married outside the city, the ones who move to the city are more likely to divorce. This correlation can be explained by both a causal and a sorting effect. We disentangle them by using the timing-of-events approach. In addition we use information on father’s location as an instrument. We find that the sorting effect dominates. Moving to the countryside is therefore not a cheap way to prolong relationships.
        KW  - mobility
KW  - search
KW  - dissolution
KW  - city
        ER  -