couples who were married before the law was passed. We propose a difference-in-differences approach where we use as comparison … groups either married couples in other European countries (not affected by the law change), or Irish families who did not … results suggest that the increase in the risk of divorce brought about by the law was followed by an increase in the …

example, two recent relatively prominent papers have attempted to estimate the respective direct effects of marriage and gang … choosing the treatment (e.g. marriage or gang membership) may have differed in their criminality from those who did not even in …

We formulate and estimate a dynamic model of marriage, divorce, and remarriage using 27 years of panel data for the … of husbands and wives from their willingness to enter marriage. Education and marriage order are complements in … generating gains from marriage. Educated men and women receive a larger share of the marital gains but this effect is mitigated …

age at first marriage. This paper examines the implications of women's delayed entry to marriage for marital stability … marriage and marital instability without holding constant the couple's characteristics at marriage is negative up to the late …

individual models presented in his theory of marriage. Decision-making models assuming independent individual household members …

marriage represents - in a portfolio framework - a sort of safe asset, and that this effect is stronger for women. Controlling … attributed to the gradual erosion of the perception of marriage as a sort of safe asset. Our results therefore suggest that the …

on the administrative side of the university. There is no female marriage premium, and no partnership return to gay men …