The Accademia dei Ricovrati, re-named Accademia Galileiana di scienze, lettere ed arti was founde... more The Accademia dei Ricovrati, re-named Accademia Galileiana di scienze, lettere ed arti was founded in Padua in 1599 on the initiative of a Venetian bishop, Federico Cornaro. He started the Academy in his home, with the intention of promoting the humanities and science. The term Ricovrati ("brought to safety") referred to the Homeric cave of the Naiads (song 13 of the Odyssey) which, had two entrances shaded by an olive tree, one for human beings and the other for the gods. The motto of the Ricovrati is taken from a verse of Boethius “bipatens animis asylum” ("two-gate refuge for souls"). Galileo Galilei was a founding member of the Academy.
Cohabiting without being married is a common practice in the United States, especially among nonc... more Cohabiting without being married is a common practice in the United States, especially among noncollege-educated individuals. I provide a theoretical rationale for the different mating behaviors by education, building a life-cycle model of partnership formation in which cohabitation can be both an investment good, useful to learn about the quality of prospective marriage partners, and a consumption good, namely a cheap substitute to marriage. A structural estimation of this model suggests that the composition of labor market earnings accounts for the differential likelihood to cohabit and to marry of people with different education levels, by influencing their demand for commitment.
The Accademia dei Ricovrati, re-named Accademia Galileiana di scienze, lettere ed arti was founde... more The Accademia dei Ricovrati, re-named Accademia Galileiana di scienze, lettere ed arti was founded in Padua in 1599 on the initiative of a Venetian bishop, Federico Cornaro. He started the Academy in his home, with the intention of promoting the humanities and science. The term Ricovrati ("brought to safety") referred to the Homeric cave of the Naiads (song 13 of the Odyssey) which, had two entrances shaded by an olive tree, one for human beings and the other for the gods. The motto of the Ricovrati is taken from a verse of Boethius “bipatens animis asylum” ("two-gate refuge for souls"). Galileo Galilei was a founding member of the Academy.
Cohabiting without being married is a common practice in the United States, especially among nonc... more Cohabiting without being married is a common practice in the United States, especially among noncollege-educated individuals. I provide a theoretical rationale for the different mating behaviors by education, building a life-cycle model of partnership formation in which cohabitation can be both an investment good, useful to learn about the quality of prospective marriage partners, and a consumption good, namely a cheap substitute to marriage. A structural estimation of this model suggests that the composition of labor market earnings accounts for the differential likelihood to cohabit and to marry of people with different education levels, by influencing their demand for commitment.
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