legislation has proved to be an effective tool in modifying family structures in Mexico, so it is important to be aware of the …

prospects actually discourages family formation or for how long the effect might persist. In addition, recessions can affect the … divorce rate. Therefore, understanding the relationship between labor market conditions and family formation can provide …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …

division of labor within a household can render a marriage more durable. On the other hand, spouses that are dissimilar in … toward certain activities to the marriage that reflects compatible preferences for joint consumption of household public …

-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women, but not for … immigrant men. Traditionally, gender-based privileges may allow immigrant men to prevent native women from getting a price for …

labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 … are much more likely to be unemployed, work part-time or on temporary contracts than men with children of the same age. We … show that it is unlikely that preferences alone can account for these gaps. A review of the evidence shows that family …

emphasize the relevance of transmission of preference and gender-role attitude in investigating household issues. Utilizing the … married daughters. For parents and their daughter's family, the similarity in household inequalities is insignificant. The …

's marriage market? We answer these questions using a structural model of consumer-producer households that is applied to rich … data from Malawi. Using revealed preference conditions for a stable marriage market, we define the economic attractiveness … the value of consumption and leisure in the current marriage. We estimate this marital instability measure for every …

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …