find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …

assess the benefits of marriage and consequences of other family structures. The study begins by describing theoretical … also discusses models of the determinants of marriage. The study then overviews specific statistical techniques that have … been applied in empirical analyses of the effects of marriage, including standard regression, instrumental variables …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In cities singles can meet more potential partners … marriage market benefits disappear while the housing premium remains. We extend the model of Burdett and Coles (1997) with a …

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 in …

suitable alternatives, the taboo was no longer expedient, and was dropped. For the same reasons, marriage has become less …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …

This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … marriage is remarkable. It may be as large as the benefit from giving up smoking. …