higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …

marriage market and sorting on the labor market. We first show that in theory, the nature of home production - whether partners …' hours are complements or substitutes - shapes marriage market sorting, labor market sorting and labor supply choices in … find that the home production complementarity - by strengthening positive marriage sorting and reducing the gender gap in …

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

Divorce law changes made in the 1970s affected marital formation, dissolution, and bargaining within marriage. By …

in observing wage offers; selection into marriage; income taxes and the earned income tax credit; measurement error in …