"Let’s talk about love": An analysis of the religious and economic factors determining the choice of marital property regime in Italy

Ruiu, Gabriele; Breschi, Marco

doi:10.4054/demres.2017.36.29

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“…According to the descriptive findings reported in Table and against our hypothesis, couples opting for the separation of property were indeed more widespread among religious (74.8%) than among civil marriages (68.7%). Our empirical analyses support the findings in Ruiu and Breschi (), who emphasized a disconnection between religious marriages and the choice of community of property among marriages celebrated in Italy in the late 2010s. Our results are also consistent with Vignoli and Salvini (), who found a disconnection between the choice of a Catholic versus civil ceremony at marriage and the spouses' own religiosity.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Such tradition appeared to still be widespread, with 66.4% of all first weddings celebrated according to a religious ceremony. Still, we acknowledge that Ruiu and Breschi () found a nonsignificant association between marital rite of celebration and choice of matrimonial property regime, whereas we found that the community of property was more likely among civil marriages. One explanation for our different finding is that this article focuses on first marriages celebrated in 2015.…”

Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 66%

“…Previous studies suggest that the choice for religious ceremonies may be the product of tradition and not capture effectively individuals' religiosity (Vignoli & Salvini, ); hence, we need to bear in mind that with our indicator, we may be measuring attachment to age‐old tradition and habits rather than religiosity tout court. In this vein, Ruiu and Breschi () find the marriage ritual not to be associated with the matrimonial property regime.…”

Section: Why Choose the Community Of Property At Marriage?mentioning

confidence: 98%

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Gender Differences in Couples' Matrimonial Property Regime in Italy

Fraboni

Vitali

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective This study investigates the characteristics of spouses in Italy who choose to pool their economic resources. Background If resource pooling is common among male‐breadwinner couples, expectations regarding resource pooling are mixed for female‐breadwinner couples or, more generally, for couples with wives who are economically advantaged when compared with their husbands. This study asks whether resource‐pooling strategies differ between couples with economically advantaged husbands, couples with economically advantaged wives, and couples in which spouses have similar economic resources. Method The article uses an objective measure of pooling of wealth available for Italy at the time of marriage: the matrimonial property regime, indicating the choice between a shared or separate ownership of assets accumulated during marriage. Using data from the 2015 marriage register, the article models the probability that a couple chooses the community of property with a logistic regression model. Results Couples with husbands who were economically advantaged when compared with their wives (i.e., the husband was older, more educated, or employed with a nonemployed wife) were more likely to choose the community of property when compared with couples with similar resources (both spouses were employed, of similar age or educational attainment); conversely, couples with economically advantaged wives were more likely to choose the separation of property. Conclusion Economically advantaged women seem to be “undoing gender” by protecting their economic resources via the separation of property.

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confidence: 66%

Section: Why Choose the Community Of Property At Marriage?mentioning

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Gender Differences in Couples' Matrimonial Property Regime in Italy

Fraboni

Vitali

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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“…The share of newlywed couples opting for the separation of property was around 67% in 2011 (Bayot & Voena, 2014 ). The high prevalence of couples choosing the separation of property can be partly explained by the regulation that couples at marriage are asked to decide between two matrimonial property regimes without signing a costly prenuptial contract (Fraboni & Vitali, 2019 ; Ruiu & Breschi, 2017 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, self-employed individuals may aim to avoid economic conflicts by keeping wealth separately (Fraboni & Vitali, 2019 ; Ruiu & Breschi, 2017 ). On the one hand, self-employed individuals may protect business assets from their spouses through a marital contract (Frémeaux & Leturcq, 2018 ).…”

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Who Opts Out? The Customisation of Marriage in the German Matrimonial Property Regime

2022

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This study examines the prevalence of marital contracts across marriage cohorts (1990–2019) in Germany. We further investigate the characteristics of spouses who signed a marital contract. Using cross-sectional data from the German Family Panel (pairfam, 2018/19), we employ complementary log–log and multinomial logistic regression models to predict the prevalence and the type of marital contracts. The results show that 5% of all married couples opt out of the default matrimonial property regime by signing a contract in Germany. Differentiating between contract types, most couples either specify a separation of property (40%) or modify the default community of accrued gains (31%). We find an increase in the prevalence of marital contracts across marriage cohorts. The decision to opt out of the default is strongly positively associated with self-employment that often requires the customisation of asset ownership structures within marriage. Married individuals with prior divorce experiences are more likely to opt for the separation of property, indicating that the awareness of the economic consequences of divorce promotes the individualisation of marriage. Our results are in line with the cross-national trend towards customised marriages, although the trend in Germany is less pronounced than in other countries.

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"Let’s talk about love": An analysis of the religious and economic factors determining the choice of marital property regime in Italy

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Gender Differences in Couples' Matrimonial Property Regime in Italy

Gender Differences in Couples' Matrimonial Property Regime in Italy

Who Opts Out? The Customisation of Marriage in the German Matrimonial Property Regime

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