Do individuals divorce for economic reasons? Can we measure the attractiveness of new matches in the marriage market …? We answer these questions using a structural model of the household and a rich panel dataset from Malawi. We propose a … model of the household with consumption, production and revealed preference conditions for stability on the marriage market …

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 …

related to marriage markets that could help explain consumption, including demand for medical care and good nutrition. These … variables include sex ratios (and exogenous parameters that influence sex ratios) as well as legal changes related to marriage …

value of their current match exceeds that of remaining single. If both partners propose, the meeting ends up in a marriage … ages of first-time brides and grooms. We show that modeling the marriage decision in this simple way is sufficient to … previous literature on this topic claims that marriage is a waiting game in which women are choosier than men, and old and rich …

In this paper we study the importance of marriage for interstate risk sharing. We find that US states in which married … more aggregated state-level. Quantitatively, the impact of marriage on interstate risk sharing varies over divorce regimes. …

I develop an equilibrium, two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth to study the interaction … between fertility, the age structure of the population and the age at first marriage of men and women. Within a simple two …-period overlapping generation model I show that, given an increase of the desired number of children, age at marriage is affected through …

We formulate and estimate a dynamic model of marriage, divorce, and remarriage using 27 years of panel data for the … of husbands and wives from their willingness to enter marriage. Education and marriage order are complements in … generating gains from marriage. Educated men and women receive a larger share of the marital gains but this effect is mitigated …

importation: the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage …