The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gary Becker's path-breaking Treatise on the Family provides an … occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have changed in recent … decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …

In contrast, the standard model of marriage market equilibrium assumes that prospective spouses make Binding Agreements … in the Marriage Market (BAMM) that determine allocation within marriage. If we assume BAMM and transferable utility, then … the appropriate framework for analyzing marriage market equilibrium is the Koopmans-Beckmann-Shapley-Shubik assignment …

This paper investigates marriage market equilibrium under the assumption that Bargaining In Marriage (BIM) determines … allocation within marriage. Prospective spouses, when they meet in the marriage market, are assumed to foresee the outcome of BIM … marriage market is the first stage of a multi-stage game – in the simplest case, a two-stage game – that must be solved by …

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gary Becker's path-breaking "Treatise on the Family" provides an … occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have changed in recent … decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …

; provides an occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have … changed in recent decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households … replacement of what had been family functions and home production by government programs and market transactions. After discussing …

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Gary Becker's path-breaking Treatise on the Family provides an … occasion to reexamine both the American family and family economics. We begin by discussing how families have changed in recent … decades: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and …