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

or for married women. We suggest a marriage market mechanism through which male BMI and earnings are positively related … traits are more relevant in the marriage market than the corresponding male traits. -- Body Size ; Labor Supply ; Earnings … ; Marriage …

private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin … America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the use of private education and private health insurance in selected … with some nuances. Wealthy households are mostly opting out of the public education system, and the middle-class is split …

hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and … female BMI are valued in the marriage market instead of attractiveness. …

fertility, i.e. later marriage. Education promotes consumerism and when there is a large gap between achievement in the economic …, there is one essential factor that affects family size throughout the world. This is education. School has decreased … and scarcely without modernization, except for the school itself. Education, as we know it, preceded industrialization and …

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

trial led to a reduction in school dropout and early marriage. We see large improvements in girls’ mental health but only in …