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 …

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 …

life in favor of marriage when singles’ pizazz levels follow correlated geometric Brownian motions. We derive the critical … level of relative pizazz levels that triggers the move to marriage and find that for relatively small (large) potential … economies of scale in marriage, a single will generally be willing to get married if his/her prospective partner’s pizazz is …

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 …