In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …

deduced from exchange theory and the economic theory of the family are tested: 1. Low physical and social attractiveness as … well as reduced opportunities to meet German partners lead to marriage with a woman from a poorer country. 2. Because of … international marriage market than they could hope to attract within Germany. The analysis uses data from the German Socio …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …