more children than cohabiting couples primarily because marriage provides stronger incentives for specialization in …

find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …

indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality …, allowing for unobserved heterogeneity and causal effects. Results show that conditions around birth and school ages are … important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage on mortality, whereas women suffer …

Since 1950 the sources of the gains from marriage have changed radically. As the educational attainment of women … specialization in work weakened. The primary source of the gains to marriage shifted from the production of household services and … commodities to investment in children. For some, these changes meant that marriage was no longer worth the costs of limited …

cycles 5 and 6 of the National Surveys of Family Growth show that the relationship between age at marriage and marital …An early age at first marriage is known to be associated with a high risk of divorce. Yet it has been suggested that … beyond a certain point, the relationship between age at marriage and marital instability may become positive, because as …

assess the benefits of marriage and consequences of other family structures. The study begins by describing theoretical … models of the determinants of different well-being outcomes and the role of family structure in producing those outcomes. It … also discusses models of the determinants of marriage. The study then overviews specific statistical techniques that have …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In cities singles can meet more potential partners … marriage market benefits disappear while the housing premium remains. We extend the model of Burdett and Coles (1997) with a …

This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … marriage is remarkable. It may be as large as the benefit from giving up smoking. …