-cycle model in which agents make consumption, saving, labor force participation (LFP), and marriage and divorce decisions subject …

that a couple is less willing to match if her income exceeds his. Within marriage markets, when a randomly chosen woman … particular, an aversion to the wife earning more than the husband - impacts marriage formation, the wife's labor force … participation, the wife's income conditional on working, marriage satisfaction, likelihood of divorce, and the division of home …

We develop an equilibrium lifecycle model of education, marriage and labor supply and consumption in a transferable … utility context. Individuals start by choosing their investments in education anticipating returns in the marriage market and … the labor market. They then match based on the economic value of marriage and on preferences. Equilibrium in the marriage …

within marriage, with an eye to their partner's divorce threat. …

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 …