Your cheatin’ heart: joint production, joint consumption and the likelihood of extramarital sex
Abstract
Using data from the General Social Survey (GSS), we model the probability of engaging in Extramarital Sex (EMS) with a focus on variables that allow us to discern evidence of assortative mating. We find that couples with the same religion and both having high levels of education are less likely to engage in EMS. We also find that work status matters: those who are employed are more likely to cheat if their spouses are not working.
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Cohabitation before marriage is positively associated with infidelity.
“Interestingly, cohabitation before marriage was found to be positively associated with infidelity [84].”
From Love and Infidelity: Causes and Consequences (2023) · cites this paper as [84]
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- Authors
- Brooks, T. J., & Monaco, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–La Crosse (US)
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
- Corresponding author
- Monaco, Kristen
- ORCID
- Brooks, Taggert J.
- Venue
- Applied Economics Letters
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-05-29
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 272-275
- ISSN
- 1350-4851 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-4291
- OpenAlex
- W2090443954
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 2.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Economics Letters (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- adultery, cheating, assortative mating, joint production, joint consumption, employment status, marital relationships
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