standard models of household behavior. Examples include: marriage contracts that serve as barriers to hasty divorces (e …-inconsistent preferences. In our model, hyperbolic discounting couples engage in household production activities, thereby accumulating family …-specific capital over time. At any given point in time, the gains to continued marriage depend on the accumulated stock of this capital …

suitable alternatives, the taboo was no longer expedient, and was dropped. For the same reasons, marriage has become less …

suitable alternatives, the taboo was no longer expedient, and was dropped. For the same reasons, marriage has become less …

This paper is a survey of the literature on theoretical models of the household, paying particular attention to some of … household's preference ordering over the utility profiles of its members depends on exogenous variables, in particular wage … approach to modelling household decision taking, flexible enough to encompass non-cooperative behaviour and Pareto …

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 …

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 …

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 … developing countries are concerned since that date. The model provides a gender-neutral explanation of why girls in developing …

. Evidence supports that this is a causal effect of the post-natal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in …

In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less … gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact family address contained in a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian …