for this phenomenon is that wages increase with age and hence older men are more attractive in the marriage market. This … completely hold, especially in modern times. This paper shows that a marriage market equilibrium where women marry earlier in …, the average age at first marriage and the pattern of the sex ratio of single men to single women over different age groups …

I develop an equilibrium, two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth to study the interaction … between fertility, the age structure of the population and the age at first marriage of men and women. Within a simple two …-period overlapping generation model I show that, given an increase of the desired number of children, age at marriage is affected through …

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 …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners … distinction between efficient (cities)and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is thatsingles …

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 … distinction between efficient (cities) and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is that …

The extent to which marriage market conditions explain differences in marriage and employment decisions across blacks … and whites and across men and women is considered in a dynamic, two-sided model of marriage. The quantity and quality of … men and women in the marriage market evolve endogenously over time in the model, and in turn influence the allocation of …

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

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

importation: the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage …