The custom of bride price involves the payment of goods or cash from the groom's family to the bride's family at the time of marriage. We present a theory that views bride price as a payment in hedonic markets for marital fidelity. Data from a household survey in Uganda are used to test the...

Employers' standard practice of including legal spouses in health insurance is likely to place people in unmarried couples at a significant disadvantage for obtaining coverage. Data from married and unmarried couples in the Current Population Survey confirm that people with unmarried partners...

As the percentage of wives outearning their husbands grows, the traditional social norm of the male breadwinner is challenged. The upward income comparison of the husband may cause psychological distress that affects both partners' mental and physical health in ways that impact decisions on...

Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv)...

Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher...

This longitudinal study followed 409 Singaporean heterosexual married female respondents who completed a baseline survey in April-July 2018 and biweekly online surveys on exact dates of sexual activity over the next 14 weeks, an online survey in May 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, and an...

Prior to 1999, same-sex couples were recognised in only a handful of laws in Australia. There has been an enormous shift in Australian law since that time. Commencing with NSW in 1999, every state and territory except South Australia has undertaken legislative reform affording wide-ranging...