male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings … education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage … one, they have the most to gain from divorcing and going back to the marriage market. This incentive becomes stronger if …

In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in …

This paper develops a model that combines intra-household bargaining with competition on the marriage market to analyse … income. They have the option of unilateral divorce and subsequent remarriage. Through this channel, the marriage market … marriage market into a significantly larger share of household income. Hence, men's incentive to invest in education decreases …