also an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline –albeit non-significant– in the number of marriages. While … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. …This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting … where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk …

related to the institution of marriage and household characteristics. There is an inverse relationship between BMI and height …

Marriage and divorce decisions are influenced by the institutional environment they are made in. One example is the … quantify the importance of household-level insurance for marriage and divorce by exploiting an exogenous increase in the need …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …

-stage game-theoretical model. The paper examines the effects of (i) family law (cost of obtaining a divorce, alimony …Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … assignment of property rights over total goods and assets acquired within marriage, (iii) enforceability of bride-price contracts …

We present an equilibrium model with inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets. Women's flow value of being … sequential job search, and can choose to improve their labour market returns as well as their marriage prospects by under …