“A Diamond Is Forever” and Other Fairy Tales: The Relationship Between Wedding Expenses and Marriage Duration

Francis-Tan, Andrew; Mialon, Hugo M.

doi:10.1111/ecin.12206

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“…All this information was obtained through two surveys administered on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform, which is an online labor market with hundreds of thousands of "workers". Mechanical Turk "workers" are increasingly relied upon in cutting-edge economic research (Berinsky, Huber, & Lenz, 2012;Francis-Tan & Mialon, 2015;Kuziemko, Norton, Saez, & Stantcheva, 2015).…”

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The demand for season of birth

Clarke

Oreffice

Quintana‐Domeque

2019

J of Applied Econometrics

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Summary We study the determinants of season of birth for married women aged 20–45 in the USA, using birth certificate and Census data. We also elicit the willingness to pay for season of birth through discrete‐choice experiments implemented on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform. We document that the probability of a spring first birth is significantly related to mother's age, education, race, ethnicity, smoking status during pregnancy, receiving WIC (Women, Infants & Children) food benefits during pregnancy, prepregnancy obesity, and the mother working in “education, training, and library” occupations; whereas among unmarried women without a father acknowledged on their child's birth certificate, all our findings are muted. A summer first birth does not depend on socioeconomic characteristics, although it is the most common birth season in the USA. Among married women aged 20–45, we estimate the average marginal willingness to pay (WTP) for a spring birth to be 877 USD. This implies a willingness to trade‐off 560 grams of birth weight in the normal range to achieve a spring birth. Finally, we estimate that an increase of 1,000 USD in the predicted marginal WTP for a spring birth is associated with a 15 pp (percentage points) increase in the probability of obtaining an actual spring birth.

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Section: Amazon Mechanical Turk Datamentioning

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The demand for season of birth

Clarke

Oreffice

Quintana‐Domeque

2019

J of Applied Econometrics

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“…Francis- Tan and Mialon (2015) found that more expensive weddings were associated with less durable marriages. Additionally, Valentine's Day and numerically special dates are not tied to days of the week.…”

Section: "The Easiest Day For My Poor Memory To Remember Was 9-9-09 mentioning

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“…For example, Rhoades and Stanley (2014) only examined a modest number of respondents (418), while we examine about 1.1 million, providing us with much more statistical power and the ability to disaggregate results by couple characteristics. Francis-Tan and Mialon (2015) analysed a moderately large number of people, but they recruited and surveyed their subjects through an internet tool, possibly leading to a non-representative sample. In contrast, our data cover the entire Dutch population who married.…”

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Not Your Lucky Day: Romantically and Numerically Special Wedding Date Divorce Risks

Kabátek

Ribar

2016

SSRN Journal

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What a difference a day makes! Using data from government registries on all the weddings that occurred in the Netherlands from 1999-2013, we find that weddings that occurred on Valentine's Day, dates with the same numbers for the day, month and year like 9 September 1999 (9.9.99), and dates with numbers for the day, month, and year in an ascending sequence like 1 February 2003 (1.2.03) were both exceptionally popular and also much more likely to end in divorce compared to weddings that occurred on ordinary dates.How popular? There were nearly three times as many weddings in the Netherlands on a given Valentine's Day than on other comparable days in February, and there were six times as many weddings on a given same-number day as on a comparable ordinary day.However, the special-day marriages proved to be fragile. By what would have been their ninth anniversaries, 21 percent of Valentine's Day marriages and 19 percent of same-number-date marriages were estimated to fail, but only 16 percent of ordinary-date marriages were estimated to fail. In relative terms, Valentine's Day marriages were about one-third more likely to fail by their ninth anniversaries and same-number-date marriages, about one-quarter more likely to fail than ordinary-date marriages. We continue to find large differences in divorce risks even after we use statistical methods to account for characteristics that might affect both the choice to marry on a special date and marriage vulnerability.Although an analysis of quirky wedding dates is unusual, our results match predictions from wellknown family-relations theories of how commitments deepen in couple relationships, especially the "sliding vs. deciding" theory. From this theory, "deciding" couples choose to marry because of what they learn about each other and about their compatibility over the course of their relationships. In contrast, "sliding" couples slip into marriage because constraints to exiting the relationship, such as the costs of moving or of separating bank accounts, gradually build and make marriage seem worthwhile, even if the couple is less compatible. The timing of "deciding" couples' marriages will depend on how information about their relationships develop, while the timing of "sliding" couples' marriages may be more influenced by external events, like the opportunity to marry on a romantically or numerically special day. Consistent with this theory, we also find that special-day couples are less alike and less well-matched at the start of their marriages compared to ordinary-day couples.

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“…The wedding planner is one of the growing business years by year since 2008, because of the budget cost is increasing, it is also increasing the revenue of wedding planner or wedding organizer year by year. Wedding budgets have been increasing steadily since the economic downturn of 2008, and in 2013, couples spent a record-high average of nearly $30,000 [5] A wedding that is taken care of by the family itself will cost less, but even the results will not be maximized if it does not do by the wedding planner [6]. Our professionals are required to design concepts for the bride so that their marriages run smoothly [7].…”

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The Effectiveness of an Online Media as a Wedding Organizer Promotion Tool

Kurniawan¹,

Nova²

2019

Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Informatics, Engineering, Science and Technology, INCITES

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The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of the influence of online media as a promotional tool used by Wedding Organizer. The method used was descriptive qualitative. The results of this study are to know how much social media influence to promote Wedding Organizer in the millennial community and to facilitate those who will face their happy days. The promotion of goods or services through online media is easier and more efficient in various aspects, which in turn will increase the production of goods or services at a very low cost. This applies to all businesses ranging from macro to micro. Thus, it can be concluded that using online media as a tool to promote goods or services is more effective for running the business itself.

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“A Diamond Is Forever” and Other Fairy Tales: The Relationship Between Wedding Expenses and Marriage Duration

Cited by 35 publications

References 27 publications

The demand for season of birth

The demand for season of birth

Not Your Lucky Day: Romantically and Numerically Special Wedding Date Divorce Risks

The Effectiveness of an Online Media as a Wedding Organizer Promotion Tool

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