We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the … decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional on marriage. We find that, in the absence of social stigma or legal …

Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender …

previous literature on this topic claims that marriage is a waiting game in which women are choosier than men, and old and rich … show that their shorter biological clocks make women uniformly less choosy than men of the same age. This turns marriage … into a rushing game in which women are willing to marry older men because delaying marriage is too costly for women. Our …

importation: the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage …Every year, a large number of women immigrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia … for educated women. We provide empirical evidence supporting our theoretical model and its implications, using datasets …

The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller …

the marriage market to decomposed observed marital outcomes into quantity and quality effects. The structural estimates … observed changes in marriage rates of the famine born cohort are due to a significant decline in marital attractiveness. …

important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage on mortality, whereas women suffer … indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality …

National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …, particularly those relating to the considerable amount of intermittent employment found amongst Israeli male workers. Also, women …?s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …

contributor is gender-differential incentives to migrate due to rural women's higher likelihood of marrying and marrying up in …Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth and urbanization. This … gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We use the gradual rollout of special economic …