the number of men per woman, had a large positive impact on the likelihood of female marriage. More surprisingly, second …-generation male marriage rates were also an increasing function of immigrant sex ratios. The results also suggest that higher sex … consistent with theories where higher sex ratios increase male competition for women in the marriage market …

biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. Empirically, we show that within China, those regions with a faster increase … incomplete. This paper studies the implications of status competition in the marriage market for the real exchange rate. In …

The high and rising household savings rate in China is not easily reconciled with the traditional explanations that … manner in order to improve their son's relative attractiveness for marriage. The pressure on savings spills over to other …

of data sets and taking advantage of large regional and temporal variations in sex ratios in China, we demonstrate that …

Given that changes in the availability of men in the marriage market should affect marriage decisions, we use … and child outcomes for blacks and Hispanics, at least for the children of women whose marriage decisions are most affected … may be driven by other factors that affect marital status at birth, post-conception marriage decisions, and later child …

capital selectivity of Mexican intermarriage generates corresponding differences in the employment and earnings of Mexican … between the education, English proficiency, employment, and earnings of Mexican-American parents and the chances that their …

In this paper, we investigate the effect of federal welfare reform on the employment, hours of work and marriage rates … employment and attachment to the labor market. TANF appears to have had a larger effect on the least educated native-born women … effect on native- and foreign-born citizens' marriage decisions. TANF was associated with a decrease in the marriage rates of …

We exploit the gender-specific components of large-scale labor demand shocks stemming from rising international … manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage …, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …