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

age at first marriage among all U.S. college graduate women soared just after 1972. We explore the relationship between … sex. The pill also created a social multiplier effect by encouraging the delay of marriage generally and thus increasing a … of the striking coincidences in the timing of changes in career investment, marriage age, state laws, and pill use among …

Using the 1970, 1980 and 1990 Censuses, we investigate the impact of labor and marriage market conditions on the … incidence of marriage of young women (age 16-24). We employ a two-stage methodology. First, across individuals, marriage is … effects are regressed on MSA-level labor and marriage market conditions and welfare benefits using cross-section and fixed …

so, examine the role of colleges as marriage markets. Using data from Norway to address key identification and … measurement challenges, we find that colleges are local marriage markets, mattering greatly for whom one marries, not because of …

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 …

Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We introduce a … signaling model in which bride type is imperfectly observed but preferred types have lower returns to delaying marriage. We show … that in this environment the market might pool on early marriage even when everyone would benefit from delay. In this …

marriage among parents without a four-year college degree. This paper presents a number of facts about these trends, drawing on … divorce. Third, the widening college gap in children's family structure corresponds to a widening college gap in marriage … the eroding economic position of men without a four-year college degree and their declining marriage rates. Fourth, the …

and assortative mating on returns is as strong as that on wealth. Third, post-marriage returns on family wealth are … largely explained by the return of the spouse with the highest pre-marriage return. This suggests that family wealth is … the wealth distribution at marriage. We use a simple analytical example to illustrate how assortative mating on wealth and …