This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a … significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

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 …

Fathers' multiple-partner fertility (MPF) is associated with substantially worse educational outcomes for children. We …

the life cycle has changed, reflecting rising age at first marriage, rising divorce followed by high remarriage rates, and …We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and outcomes across … demographic groups and countries. While divorce rates have risen over the past 150 years, they have been falling for the past …

Total fertility declined in states that introduced unilateral divorce, which makes dissolution of marriage easier. Also … the ratio of out-of-wedlock fertility over total declined. We suggest an explanation (and provide supportive evidence for … it) based upon the effect of divorce laws on the probability of entering and exiting marriage. Women planning to have …