We demonstrate that the notion of a "family constitution" (self-enforcing, renegotiation-proof family norm) requiring … family constitutions. …

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

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 …

the marriage market after the war. Marriage data from the first wave of the Italian Household Longitudinal Survey (1997 … that here, the shock provided for a more fundamental change in marriage patterns compared to urban, lower-lying, and less … agricultural provinces where marriage markets might have been more flexible to begin with. …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance … welfare gains but gives rise to large wage differentials. -- job search ; wage bargaining ; wage differentials ; unemployment … ; unemployment insurance …

Neither marriage nor a legally enforceable contract serves any useful purpose if the parties have access to a perfect … enforceable contract. Separate-property marriage may reduce and community-property marriage actually eliminate inefficiency, but …

households. -- instrumental partner-violence ; non-cooperative family decision-making ; welfare policy …