This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to … women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …

men and women. Using a cohort-based model of labor force participation for 17 advanced economies estimated over the 1985 …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force … legal protection to household producers at the margin between single status and marriage, we expect it to discourage labor …