-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …

decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and … education patterns for men and women; class divergence in partnering and parenting strategies; and the replacement of what had … highlight issues of commitment in two primary family relationships: those between men and women, and those between parents and …

decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and … education patterns for men and women; class divergence in partnering and parenting strategies; and the replacement of what had … highlight issues of commitment in two primary family relationships: those between men and women, and those between parents and …

Economists usually assume that bargaining in marriage leads to efficient outcomes. The most convincing rationale for … environments, and that marriage provides such an environment. This paper argues that when a current decision affects future … binding commitments regarding allocation within marriage. To investigate the efficiency of bargaining within marriage when …

marriage is associated with distinctly different personality profiles for older men and older women, suggesting that gender …, relationships between personality traits and the probability of marriage are identical for men and women, which is consistent with … returns to marriage that are based on joint consumption. Tastes for marital public goods are negatively related to openness to …