hypothesize that the "marriage ideal" is determined by the median income in an individual's local reference group. After … marriage ideal is a strong predictor of marital status -- but only if he is below the ideal. For white men, relative income … considerations jointly drive co-residence, marriage, and fatherhood decisions. For black men, relative income affects the marriage …

a culture of responsibility and commitment among homosexuals. A specific implication of this claim is that "gay marriage …, which provides a framework for discussing the ways in which gay marriage might reduce (or increase) the prevalence of STI …. Then, I present reduced-form empirical evidence on whether gay marriage has actually reduced STI rates. These evaluations …

We exploit variation in access to legal same-sex marriage (SSM) across states and time to provide novel evidence of its … effects on marriage and health using data from the CDC BRFSS from 2000-2016, a period spanning the entire rollout of legal SSM … increased marriage take-up among men and women in SSH. We also find that legal SSM was associated with significant increases in …

-efficiency trade-off: testing improves selection but reduces minority hiring. We develop a conceptual framework to assess when this … performed worse on the test. Yet, testing had no measurable impact on minority hiring, and productivity gains were uniformly … introducing additional negative information about minority applicants, most plausibly because both the job test and the informal …

minority representation in the entering freshman classes declined. In this paper we ask whether the elimination of affirmative … action caused any change in the college application behavior of minority students in the two states. A particular concern is … admission prospects. We use information from SAT-takers in the two states to compare the fractions of minority students who sent …

, increases the number of minority or female applicants as well as employees, and increases employers' tendencies to provide … credentials or performance of women and minorities hired. When it is also used in hiring, it yields female and minority employees …

lead firms to hire minority or female employees who are less qualified than workers who might otherwise be hired. Our … weaker job performance among most groups of minority and female Affirmative Action hires …