women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …

significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

The last 60 years have seen the emergence of a dramatic socioeconomic gradient in marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and …, are less likely to transition quickly into marriage, and have much higher divorce rates … for marital commitment. As the gains from traditional gender-based specialization have declined, the value of marriage has …

We study the cultural integration of immigrants, estimating a structural model of marital matching along ethnic … dimensions, exploring in detail the role of fertility, and possibly divorce in the integration process. We exploit rich … 2012. We estimate strong preferences of ethnic minorities' towards socialization of children to their own identity …

East and North Africa, and the rate is higher than 50 percent in some parts of the world. Consanguineous marriage generates … on human capital. The prevalence of consanguineous marriage can shape various dimensions of the society ranging from … consanguineous marriage as an acceptable practice, and that the reform reduced women's propensity to marry a first cousin or a blood …

compromised a range of socioeconomic outcomes, including: literacy, labor market status, wealth and marriage market outcomes … heightened male mortality. This tendency toward female offspring is interpretable in light of the Trivers-Willard (1973 …) hypothesis, according to which parents in poor condition should skew the offspring sex ratio toward daughters. Hong Kong natality …

We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and outcomes across … the life cycle has changed, reflecting rising age at first marriage, rising divorce followed by high remarriage rates, and … demographic groups and countries. While divorce rates have risen over the past 150 years, they have been falling for the past …