This paper empirically examines the life-time joint decision problem of marriage, childbearing, and labor force … participation for women in Japan, motivated by the recent decrease in the number of marriages and the total fertility rate. Using … generally insignificant. Utility gains and losses from marriage are significantly negative if one leaves out financial …

This paper is the first of its kind to study utility interdependence in marriage using information on subjective well …

Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most of these studies … marriage are anticipatory and strongest for men. The changes in offending vary substantially by partner’s criminal history. …

A long-term relationship such as marriage will not operate efficiently without sanctions for misconduct, of which …