In this paper we investigate the effect of relative income on marital status. We develop an identity model based on … Akerlof and Kranton (2000) and apply it to the marriage decision. The empirical evidence is consistent with the idea that … people are more likely to marry when their incomes approach a financial level associated with idealized norms of marriage. We …

income inequality. To these ends, we use rich data from the United States and Norway over the period 1980-2007. We find … educational assortative mating accounts for a non-negligible part of the cross-sectional inequality in household income. However …, changes in assortative mating over time barely move the time trends in household income inequality. The reason is that the …

The prevalence and stability of marriage has declined in the United States as the economic lives of men and women have … childbearing between socioeconomic groups raise concerns about child wellbeing in poor families and future inequality. This paper …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …Previous work shows that higher male wage inequality decreases the share of ever married women in their 20s, consistent …, male wage inequality should be associated with higher husband quality among those "early-mover" women who choose to forgo …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …Previous work shows that higher male wage inequality decreases the share of ever married women in their 20s, consistent …, male wage inequality should be associated with higher husband quality among those "early-mover"women who choose to forgo …

show substantial bonuses for married couples and four exhibit marriage penalties. On a micro level, we find that these … marriage bonuses/penalties differ substantially across household types and income. From a policy point of view, our results … suggest that the abolishment of marriage-related tax-benefit components in countries with marriage bonuses would leave some …

show substantial bonuses for married couples and four exhibit marriage penalties. On a micro level, we find that these … marriage bonuses/penalties differ substantially across household types and income. From a policy point of view, our results … suggest that the abolishment of marriage-related tax-benefit components in countries with marriage bonuses would leave some …