-cycle model in which agents make consumption, saving, labor force participation (LFP), and marriage and divorce decisions subject …-cycle of the 1940 cohort. Conditioning solely on gender, our ex ante welfare analysis finds that women would fare better under … mutual consent whereas men would prefer a unilateral system. Once we condition not only on gender but also on initial …

This Paper argues that the evolution of male preferences contributed to the dramatic increase in the proportion of … family model – one in which their mother was skilled and/or worked. These men, we hypothesize, were more inclined to marry … women who themselves were skilled or worked. Our model endogenizes the evolution of preferences in a dynamic setting and …

capture her direct family experience. We find that both variables are significant determinants of fertility, even after … controlling for several individual and family-level characteristics. …

. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … quantitative contributions of the many significant changes in the economic environment, family structure, and social norms that … family structure changes, we find that a simple change in preferences towards work can account for the remaining change in …