000133238 001__ 133238 000133238 005__ 20240410085328.0 000133238 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s11150-020-09493-z 000133238 0248_ $$2sideral$$a119001 000133238 037__ $$aART-2020-119001 000133238 041__ $$aeng 000133238 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1065-1304$$aBellido, Héctor$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000133238 245__ $$aWill you marry me? It depends (on the business cycle) 000133238 260__ $$c2020 000133238 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000133238 5203_ $$aThis paper studies the relationship between the business cycle and the marriage rate, using a panel data of 30 European countries for 1991 to 2018. Our results point to a pro-cyclical behavior of marriage rates, which holds after controlling for country-level observed and unobserved characteristics. We detect possible different responses of the marriage rate to the business cycle, after considering a wide range of country-level regulation affecting couples (taxation, property division, informal relationship regulations, and reproduction). Our findings suggest an important role of the cost/gain of marriage versus cohabitation/singlehood. Supplemental analysis reveals gender differences in the relationship between the business cycle and the marriage rate, depending on the previous legal marital status of the individuals. We provide additional evidence on the consequences of the pro-cyclical response of marriage rate by exploring variations in the stock of married/unmarried individuals. Results show a clear negative association between the business cycle and the stock of married individuals, but no negative response is found for the stock of those living as unmarried couples. 000133238 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000133238 590__ $$a1.559$$b2020 000133238 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b234 / 375 = 0.624$$c2020$$dQ3$$eT2 000133238 592__ $$a0.791$$b2020 000133238 593__ $$aSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)$$c2020$$dQ1 000133238 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2020$$dQ1 000133238 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000133238 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1944-4790$$aMarcén, Miriam$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000133238 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000133238 773__ $$g19 (2020), 551–579$$pReview of Economics of the Household$$tREVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD$$x1569-5239 000133238 8564_ $$s508642$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133238/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000133238 8564_ $$s1516645$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133238/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000133238 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:133238$$particulos$$pdriver 000133238 951__ $$a2024-04-10-08:36:06 000133238 980__ $$aARTICLE