Objective: To document gender differences in how economic wealth changes following the dissolution of marriage and … spouse in marriage prevents gender inequality in these wealth losses. Lacking such legal protection, cohabitation is … a more unequal division of wealth following the dissolution of cohabitation as compared to marriage. Method: The …

This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German …. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for … women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a …