We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low …

This paper studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market with … mothers than for single mothers. We show that this increases the number of single mothers and the divorce rate. Using survey …

marriage. We find no evidence that people born on the 13th or those born on Friday the 13th suffer any penalty that can be …

We present a model of courtship in which the timing of marriage is affected by the cognitive dissonance between … perceived norms and personal aims. We argue that as long as the family has been the main provider of social protection, marriage …: the raising age of marriage, the prevalence of assortative mating and the common occurrence of divorce in the early years …

risk sharing is one benefit to marriage it is also limited by divorce risk. With search in the marriage market there may be … multiple equilibria diering not only in divorce rates but also in the role of marriage in providing informal insurance …

This paper explores the role of marriage when markets are incomplete so that individuals cannot diversify their … love. Is love more important to a lasting marriage than economic compatibility? To answer this question, I develop a simple … model where rational individuals meet, enjoy the economic and non-pecuniary benefits of marriage (i.e. love), and then must …

suitable alternatives, the taboo was no longer expedient, and was dropped. For the same reasons, marriage has become less …