recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women …. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining … societal, economic, and technological changes in their effects on marriage patterns. A combination of factors is argued to …

matching in the marriage market, and empirically evaluates thisin the context of arranged marriages among middle-class Indians … in-caste marriage. We find that in equilibrium, as predicted by our theoreticalframework, these preferences do little to … alter the matching patterns on non-caste attributes,and so people do not have to sacrifice much to marry within caste. This …

old), this study analyzes teenagers’ expectations and desires about marriage, having children, and becoming unwed parents …

This paper provides a first microeconomic foundation for the institution of marriage. Based on a model of reproduction …, mating, and parental investment in children, we argue that marriage serves the purpose of attenuating the risk of mating …, marriage circumscribes female infidelity and mate poaching among men, which reduces average levels of paternal uncertainty …

This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-beingin a longitudinal data set … spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likelyfor marriage and that there are large differences in … the benefits from marriage between couples.Potential, as well as actual, division of labor seems to contribute to spouses …