Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce …, for the United States, to investigate the relation between fertility and marriage instability. In our model of marriage … children conceived during first marriage. Our results indicate that the presence of children significantly reduces the …

divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family … involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …

We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a … theoretical perspective, the expected sign of the effect is ambiguous. We take advantage of the legalization of divorce in Ireland … experience a significant increase in the expected risk of divorce (such as very religious families, or single individuals). Our …

We formulate and estimate a dynamic model of marriage, divorce, and remarriage using 27 years of panel data for the … entire Danish cohort born in 1960. The marital surplus is identified from the probability of divorce, and the surplus shares … of husbands and wives from their willingness to enter marriage. Education and marriage order are complements in …

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 …

This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …

marriage represents - in a portfolio framework - a sort of safe asset, and that this effect is stronger for women. Controlling …, reflecting the increasing incidence of divorce and the expansion of female labor market participation. In particular, towards the … attributed to the gradual erosion of the perception of marriage as a sort of safe asset. Our results therefore suggest that the …

examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the …We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional on marriage. We find that, in the absence of social stigma or legal …

, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. It is argued here that labor … own home, and for married women to work. To address this question, a search model of marriage and divorce, which …