there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective well-being. Our data allow us to distinguish between marriage and … orientation. The well-being gains of marriage are larger than those of cohabitation. Investigating partnership formation and … disruption, we discover that the well-being effects are symmetric. Finally, we find that marriage improves well-being for both …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners …

Using data from South Asia, this paper examines how arranged marriage cultivates rivalry among sisters. During marriage … search, parents with multiple daughters reduce the reservation quality for an older daughter's groom, rushing her marriage to …'s marriage risk; relative to younger singleton sisters, younger twin sisters have the same effect. These effects intensify in …

provision on two important demographic outcomes—childbearing and marriage. The impact on childbearing is theoretically ambiguous … childbirth. The impact on marriage is also ambiguous, as marriage rates may decrease when young adults have less need for … they are married. Changes in childbearing and marriage can, in turn, lead to changes in the likelihood of filing a tax …

There has been a well-documented retreat from marriage among less educated individuals in the U.S. and non … hypothesis that an increase in potential earnings of less-educated men would correspondingly lead to an increase in marriage and …-area fracking production, both marital and non-marital births increase and there is no evidence of an increase in marriage rates …