Why has polygyny, marriage of a man to multiple women, common in most societies throughout history, almost disappeared … at the later stage of the transition from polygyny to monogamy, the spread of human capital and the increase of labor … income have led to the rise of monogamy. A general equilibrium model of the marriage market illustrates that the spread of …

marriage institutions: polygyny, strict monogamy, and serial monogamy (divorce and remarriage). After having identified the … regime from polygyny to monogamy. The introduction of serial monogamy follows from a further rise in either the proportion of … rich males, or an increase in the proportion of rich females. Strict monogamy is a prerequisite to serial monogamy, as it …

lifetime fertility. Multiple equilibria in terms of the dominant form of marriage (for example, polygyny or monogamy) are …Standard economic theories of household formation predict the rise of institutionalized polygyny in response to … increased resource inequality among men. We propose a theory, within the framework of a matching model of marriage, in which, in …

deals with the dilemma between monogamy and polygamy on marriage markets. The sixth part confronts the economics of marriage …The purpose of this paper is to outline an economic approach to marriage. The first part contains an introduction to … the economics of a family. The second part analyses the marriage market. The third part discusses the division of …

benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … prove that women are better off under polygyny than under monogamy. …A central component of his theory of marriage Becker's Demand and Supply (D&S) models of marriage are also among the …