age at first marriage. This paper examines the implications of women's delayed entry to marriage for marital stability … marriage and marital instability without holding constant the couple's characteristics at marriage is negative up to the late …

The institution of marriage has served to funnel economic resources from fathers to children. Its continued decline in …-supported programs in the United States aimed at rescuing marriage have not been proven effective. Ways need to be explored to get a …

negatively-sloped Beveridge curve. Moreover, the model exhibits unemployment duration dependence, which (when calibrated to long …

negatively-sloped Beveridge curve. Moreover, the model exhibits unemployment duration dependence, which (when calibrated to long …

negatively-sloped Beveridge curve. Moreover, the model exhibits unemployment duration dependence, which (when calibrated to long …

Standard economic theories of household formation predict the rise of institutionalized polygyny in response to … increased resource inequality among men. We propose a theory, within the framework of a matching model of marriage, in which, in … externalities that increase the presence of pair-bonding hormones. Within marriage, hormone levels contribute to the formation of …

This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …

marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income … paper we develop a new duration model that allows for unobserved persistent individual-specific health shocks and provides … duration model developed in this paper is a useful tool when analyzing a wide-range of single-spell durations where individual …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … assignment of property rights over total goods and assets acquired within marriage, (iii) enforceability of bride-price contracts …

This paper builds on the existing literature about the distribution of financial resources within the household between … couple members. Using data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) we examine the ownership of, and amounts held in … savings, investments and debts by couple members, and how these vary by individual and household characteristics. A particular …