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 …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners … distinction between efficient (cities)and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is thatsingles …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes …

In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marriage, we present … varies by outcome and sample. -- marriage markets ; age difference ; selection …

earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …

In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marriage, we present …

We examine changes in marriage and earnings patterns across four cohorts born between 1936 and 1975, using data from a … men and women, marriage has become increasingly positively associated with education and earnings potential. We compare … ordinary least squares (OLS) and fixed effect (FE) estimates of the earnings differential associated with marriage. We find …

across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … have improved, the marriage gap has been growing in some countries but shrinking in others. We discuss the comparative … marriage rate of skilled women, and might also induce a non-monotonic relationship between their labor market prospects and …