on men's and women's earnings. We extend earlier earnings research and investigate whether the effect of marriage is … techniques. We find no assoication between marriage and wages for women, but for men a large and significant premium exists with … men and women across the wage distribution. Although, importantly, we find that the returns to marriage tend to be smaller …

of personhood. Embryo adoption raises several questions surrounding the institution of marriage. Due to its untraditional … method of procreation, embryo adoption calls into question the role of procreation within marriage. In Chapter Two, I explore … the nature of the marriage relationship by offering Lisa Cahill’s definition of marriage which involves both a spiritual …

Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life …-Saharan pattern of marriage as “early and universal”. Early and virtually continuous marriage throughout a woman's reproductive years … is also maintained by several related marriage customs including polygyny, levirate marriage, and bride wealth or bride …

marriage since the 1970s. This dissertation examines the relationship between men’s socioeconomic characteristics and marriage … formation and the labor market causes of marriage declines since the 1970s. It is motivated by three aspects of labor market …, women’s occupational integration and changes in men’s career entry. I find that: (1) Erosion in the employment opportunities …

marriage behavior in determining fertility levels. Coale's parameters of the age pattern of first marriage ao, k and C are … first marriage, marital disruption and remarriage on fertility. Techniques for obtaining detailed information on the process …

polygynous. The results are driven by the larger inequality in the value of women in the marriage market in modern economies … polygyny (multiple wives). Wealth inequality naturally produces multiple wives for rich men in a standard model of the marriage …. When the value of human capital increases, rich men increasingly value quality women who can help them raise quality …

marriage market becomes morepositively assorted, low educated men and women are less likely to marry each other.Our empirical … the century. We also show that the marriage market is tiltedtowards better-educated men and women over the period. These …Over the past forty years a tremendous number of women have entered the labormarket, removing stay-home motherhood as …

I argue that household specialization and investment in firm-specific human capital explainthe male marriage premium … not change upon marriage. The model has two other predictions, that among the self-employed wages should increase upon … marriage, and that the cross-sectional marriage premium should have declined over time. Using the Panel Study on Income …

Pt. II Variations in Marriage p59 …4 Classification of Types of Marriage p61 …