This paper explores the interaction between wage inequality and the marriage and fertility decisions of young women. We … develop an equilibrium search model of marriage, divorce, and investment in children that allows for differential timing of … fertility. We show how patterns of fertility timing in U.S. data can be explained by the incentives for fertility delay implied …

A very brief historical discussion of marriage, divorce, and out-of-wedlock births in England and France …

'' is captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market …, marriage opportunities, and marital bliss. …

Marriage has declined since 1960, with the drop being bigger for non-college educated individuals versus college …. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married …

the equilibrium sorting of spouses by skill type (their correlation in education) is increasing as a function of the skill … initial conditions. The degree of marital sorting, wage inequality, per capita income and fertility differentials are … premium and of the degree of correlation of spouses’ education (marital sorting). For all our measures, we find a positive and …