We analyse the marriage decisions of men and women in rural India, focusing on the added attractiveness of sanitation … within the marital living arrangement. We demonstrate that the Government’s Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) changed marriage … market outcomes for both men and women. To decompose the overall policy impact on the marriage market equilibrium, we develop …

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 …

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 …

To analyze the impact of changes in the value of marriage on household decisions, we present a limited commitment … changes in the value of marriage due to a housing price shock have an asymmetric impact on individual welfare both across …