Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

On the social landscape of the high-middle-income countries, unmarried cohabitation has become an increasingly popular … living arrangement over the last decades. Several observers have noted a “cohabitation gap” in the satisfaction assessment of … how far cohabitation has diffused within a society. For the first time we test this hypothesis across time within one …

low income sample of parents, results suggest that the impact of cohabitation and marital dissolution on mental health are …

low income sample of parents, results suggest that the impact of cohabitation and marital dissolution on mental health are …

The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US … abolished CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary Becker's marriage economics helps explain why CLM affects couple …

forms such as civil unions and cohabitation allows couples to choose alternatives to marriage, which in turn weakens the … benefits of marriage. Lower dependency allows greater voice, and lowers the cost of exiting a marriage. The diversity of family … institution of marriage. Alternatively, the divorce rate in Japan is low compared to the U.S. and Europe because dependency …