of marriage and two children as a typical family unit is negative for women in the labor force. …This paper empirically examines the life-time joint decision problem of marriage, childbearing, and labor force … lower for less-educated women. As regards family formation, utility gains and losses from the first child are insignificant …

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

recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women …. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining … societal, economic, and technological changes in their effects on marriage patterns. A combination of factors is argued to …

This paper is the first of its kind to study utility interdependence in marriage using information on subjective well …, unemployment, and marital status for the individuals. …

there differences among genders? Does “family” have an impact? Is the effect of family related variables similar among … internationally, especially in direction of the United States. The impact of the “family” on the probability of taking a postdoc …

of the family. The discussion references many papers from anthropology and biology. Because of the intimate connection … between the family and reproduction, it should not be surprising that there is much to be learned about the economics of the … family from the study of evolutionary biology. Given the increased prevalence in recent decades of unwed parenthood, divorce …

unemployment benefits, the existence of Active Labour Market Policies, the change in labour demand, segmentation of the labour … market, and unemployment as a queuing phenomenon. We test each of these explanations and find that labour market segmentation …

With around 50% of the urban men between age 15 and 30 unemployed, Ethiopia has one of the highest unemployment rates … worldwide. This paper describes the nature of unemployment among young men in urban Ethiopia. We analyse the determinants of … incidence and duration and find that most variables have the same effect on both. Unemployment is concentrated among relatively …

affecting UK labour market conditions. When the real exchange rate is undervalued, short-run unemployment falls as firms respond … to an improvement in domestic competitiveness by increasing their demand for labour. The unemployment response to the … reflects monetary policy considerations, our results imply that unemployment can be targeted by economic policy. Our results …