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 …

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 …

Using an equilibrium model of inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets, we establish the existence of male … marriage premium within a given productivity group, as well as a clear ranking of premia across different groups. We find …

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 undertaking a …

We present an equilibrium model of inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets. In the marital market, men and … (initiated by women) is an option, in an equilibrium with male marriage premium married men have a higher reservation wage than …

during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … in marriage formation. …