We present an equilibrium model of inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets. In the marital market, men and … women are involved in random sequential search for a partner. Men are seen as breadwinners in the family, and therefore in … the labour market unemployed men carry out a constrained sequential search for jobs. We establish that when divorce …

This paper studies match formation and dissolution in frictional marriage markets under labor market uncertainty. We … propose a search model with transferable utility in which ex-ante heterogeneous men and women simultaneously search for … partners in the marriage market and switch between employment and unemployment in the labor market. In the marriage market …

This paper studies match formation and dissolution in frictional marriage markets under labor market uncertainty. We … propose a search model with transferable utility in which ex-ante heterogeneous men and women simultaneously search for … partners in the marriage market and switch between employment and unemployment in the labor market. In the marriage market …

for other Western countries. Using 1995-2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with … Survey Marriage and Fertility Supplements. …

We investigate the impact of male-female conflict over gender norms on marital outcomes. As marriage requires mutual … norms, their marriage may be more vulnerable to external shocks, making divorce more likely relative to their counterparts … options. Estimates from an analysis of U.S. marriage markets differentiated by birth cohort, state, race, and skill level …