steady increase in the surplus of men relative to women. We construct an OLG model with two sexes and a desire to marry. We … show conditions under which an intensified competition in the marriage market can induce men to raise their savings rate …

-country surveys from 167 countries across the world, two US surveys covering multiple years and a survey for Canada. We find women … score more highly than men on all negative affect measures and lower than men on all but three positive affect metrics …'s Ladder - women are either similar to or 'happier' than men. This finding is insensitive to which controls are included and …

We examine trends in self-employment among white and black men from 1910 to 1990 using Census and CPS microdata. Self …-employment rates fell over most of the century and then started to rise after 1970. For white men, we find that the decline was due to …-employment. For black men, we find that the self-employment rate remained at a level of roughly one-third the white rate from 1910 to …

follow 999 high-risk men in Liberia 10 years after randomization into either: 8 weeks of a therapy; a $200 grant; both; or a … greatest among the highest-risk men. The effects of therapy alone, however, are smaller and more fragile. The effects of …

The labor force participation rate of older men under age 65 has shown a significant recent decline. Cross … longitudinal data for men aged 58-62 in 1969 in order to trace changes in labor force behavior near retirement age. Results …

Numerous studies have found that married men earn consider-ably more than single men of the same education, experience …. Alternatively, one of the benefits of marriage is specialization in the labor force; married men spend more hours in the labor force …