Total fertility declined in states that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Also … it) based upon the effect of divorce laws on the probability of entering and exiting marriage. Women planning to have … children marry more easily with an easier quot;exit optionquot; from marriage. Thus, more children are born in the first years …

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 …

We examine the association between nonmarital childbearing and the subsequent likelihood of first marriage and document … expectations of future marriage. Rather, the direction of causation is just the reverse: Nonmarital childbearing tends to be an … first marriage. Further, the upward trend in the proportion of childbearing that occurs outside of marriage may account for …

The last 60 years have seen the emergence of a dramatic socioeconomic gradient in marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and …, are less likely to transition quickly into marriage, and have much higher divorce rates. There are two broad sets of … traditional gender-based specialization have declined, the value of marriage has decreased relative to cohabitation, which offers …