children's educational outcomes. We focus on children in fathers' "second families" when the second families are nuclear … fathers had children from a previous relationship living elsewhere were 4 percentage points more likely to drop out of … fathers' MPF. Resource competition due to economic and caregiving responsibilities for children living elsewhere does not …

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 … graduate parents use marriage as a commitment device to facilitate intensive joint investments in their children. For less …

between countries. Our analysis focuses on the U.S. but also uses data from Denmark, Germany, the U.K., and Norway. We find …

associated with domestic violence (DV) in the context of Norway, where we can link offenders to victims and their children over … little is known about the mental health and well-being effects for either victims or their children. We study the costs … 19% for their children in the year of the event, effects which taper off over time for the victim, but not for children …

and child outcomes for blacks and Hispanics, at least for the children of women whose marriage decisions are most affected …Given that changes in the availability of men in the marriage market should affect marriage decisions, we use … the likelihood that children drop out of high school, focusing on blacks and Hispanics. Instrumental variables estimates …

impacts of war exposure on education. War exposed men marry later and have fewer children. War exposure of mothers (but not … fathers) has adverse impacts on child growth, survival, and education. Impacts vary with age of exposure. For mother and child …

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap …. College educated women marry later, have fewer children, are less likely to view marriage as "financial security", are happier … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college …

so, examine the role of colleges as marriage markets. Using data from Norway to address key identification and … measurement challenges, we find that colleges are local marriage markets, mattering greatly for whom one marries, not because of …

We use population data on capital income and wealth holdings for Norway to measure asset positions and wealth returns … and assortative mating on returns is as strong as that on wealth. Third, post-marriage returns on family wealth are … largely explained by the return of the spouse with the highest pre-marriage return. This suggests that family wealth is …