in men and women - after four years or longer, about twice the gain associated with marriage (controlling for weight … marriage or cohabitation do not necessarily include a healthier BMI. They also suggest that relationship transitions …

The present paper aims to quantify the growth and welfare consequences of changing family structures in western …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

deduced from exchange theory and the economic theory of the family are tested: 1. Low physical and social attractiveness as … well as reduced opportunities to meet German partners lead to marriage with a woman from a poorer country. 2. Because of … international marriage market than they could hope to attract within Germany. The analysis uses data from the German Socio …

's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy as well as the differential fertility pattern of educational groups in … Germany. Then we simulate alternative reforms of child benefits and family taxation that increase the long-run fertility and … the first-order effects of family policy, it is possible to generate long-run welfare gains due to positive second …

Objective: To document gender differences in how economic wealth changes following the dissolution of marriage and … a more unequal division of wealth following the dissolution of cohabitation as compared to marriage. Method: The … women after the dissolution of marriage. The dissolution of cohabiting unions is related to losses in wealth for women, but …

We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours … the presence of endogenous regressors. Our results indicate that marriage increases women's specialization in home …-based activities and that marriage decreases women's leisure. These effects are robust across specifications. …