and its heterogeneous effects on the labor market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus … participation declined, reducing the relative economic stature of men. Regions affected by intense robot penetration experienced … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …

against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence … that the marriage was arranged against the woman's will, and makes men less inclined to engage in socially unacceptable … behaviours such as drinking, gambling, and drug abuse. We also find that women whose mothers or whose husbands' mothers …

Excessive preoccupation for self-image has been pointed out as an essential factor explaining food disorders. This … paper draws upon Akerlof and Kranton (2000) to model how "self-image" and others' appearances influence health related … behaviours. We estimate the influence of "peers' image" on the likelihood of anorexia and self-image using data from a cross …

former GDR. We do not find such diverging patterns for German men. Our findings imply that women may suffer as much from …, especially for men. We add to this literature by showing that norm non-compliance may equally inflate the non-pecuniary loss of … well-being for unemployed women. Drawing upon large-scale German panel data, we use the German division as a natural …

attendance and how these relate to a reported measure of self-control problems at the time of contract signing. We find that a … actual attendance following contract choice is related to baseline reports of self-control. We find that reports of self … self-control problems. …

self-control, such that believed returns increase as the exam approaches, and drop post-exam. Exploiting variation in exam … the hypothesized mechanism that beliefs serve as a means of self-control. …