The prevalence and stability of marriage has declined in the United States as the economic lives of men and women have … converged. Family change has not been uniform, however, and the widening gaps in marital status, relationship stability, and …-Oaxaca decompositions of differences in key family outcomes across education groups show that, though individual non-cognitive traits are …

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gary Becker’s path-breaking Treatise on the Family provides an … occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have changed in recent … decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …

the psychologists’ setpoint model is wrong. Life events in the nonpecuniary domain, such as marriage, divorce, and … goals, such as family life and health, and reduces well-being. There is need to devise policies that will yield better …

control for many individual/family specific attributes, such as age, gender, education, number of children, work and marital …

indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality …, allowing for unobserved heterogeneity and causal effects. Results show that conditions around birth and school ages are … important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage on mortality, whereas women suffer …

effects and correlated unobserved heterogeneity. We find evidence of a causal link from informal care to employment with …

on its impact on three areas of caregivers' lives: employment, health, and family. Because the literature is inherently … implications for family life remain under investigated. The research findings also differ strongly among subgroups, although they …