Love and other emotional rents play an important role for marriage decisions. A mutually happy marriage often ends a … are matched more frequently with new possible marriage partners. Speed daters change the equilibrium in a marriage …

available options that conform to their preferences. One market that stands to benefit from this process is that of marriage … market—marriage rates. Exploring sharp temporal and geographic variation in the pattern of consumer broadband adoption, I … find that the latter has significantly contributed to increased marriage rates among 21–30 year-old individuals. A number …

states and over time to examine the connection between increased access to ART and female marriage timing. Since ART … increases the probability of pregnancy for older women of reproductive age, greater access to ART will make marriage delay less …

Slack labor market conditions for women relative to men increase the marriage rate in the USA. This paper examines the … long-term consequences of such marriages. Despite the significant effect on marriage timing, labor market conditions … the time of marriage are uncorrelated with the probability of divorce, spouses’ characteristics, or the number of children …

Despite anecdotal evidence that recessions affect marriage and divorce rates, researchers do not agree about the … marriage, finding that increased unemployment rates are associated with reductions in both outcomes. The results are robust to … marriage is permanent, while the effect on divorce is temporary. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013 …

are significant differences between young men and women. High earnings capacity increases the probability of marriage and … decreases the probability of divorce for young men. High earnings capacity decreases the probability of marriage for young women …