her with respect to medical treatment, including the Pill. By the mid-1970s, the minimum marriage age had been lowered to … made early marriage more attractive and facilitated women’s educational and occupational attainments. Marriage combined … with the Pill, we speculate, may have provided women with the means to pursue higher education at a time of limited student …

The economic theory of marriage developed by Gary Becker is used to guide the estimation and interpretation of … socioeconomic influences on the probabilities of marital dissolution at particular durations of marriage and the probability of … Employment Survey. The evidence presented here suggests that the likelihood of marital breakdown varies with the age at marriage …

, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. What can explain this? It is argued … marriage and divorce is developed. Household production benefits from labour-saving technological progress. …

should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by …

differentials in the effect of husband’s income, number of children, education, and age on married women’s labour supply. It is … which different religious groups have established to regulate marriage and divorce. Our results suggest that Christian … appear to be less likely to translate their resources into a higher value of time in marriage than either Christian women or …

Data from the 1911 Census of England and Wales are examined for evidence of family limitation early in marriage. It is …

adopt a search theoretic framework to analyse the decisions to: leave the parental home; form a marriage or partnership; and … dissolve a marriage or partnership. We focus, in particular, on the impact of economic factors. Using a 14-year panel dataset …