Marriage data show a strong degree of positive assortative mating along a variety of attributes. But since marriage is …

hypothesis that homeownership probabilities can be affected by marriage market expectations and pessimistic marriage market … that up to a certain threshold, the probability of homeownership decreases when the marriage market prospect indicator …

This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how … bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn … gender and heterogeneity in dowry amounts across marriage markets, we find that the prospect of paying higher dowry increases …

hypothesis that homeownership probabilities can be affected by marriage market expectations and pessimistic marriage market … that up to a certain threshold, the probability of homeownership decreases when the marriage market prospect indicator …

We find differential rates of cohabitation with adult relatives as well as differential impacts of that cohabitation on … labor supply response is biggest for immigrants with young children. This further suggests that cohabitation allows married …

women make joint and sequential decisions about school attendance, work, marriage, fertility and welfare participation. We … observed minority-majority differences in behavior can be attributed to differences in labor market opportunities, marriage …

This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how … bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn … gender and heterogeneity in dowry amounts across marriage markets, we find that the prospect of paying higher dowry increases …

labor force participation or has any impact on local marriage and fertility patterns. While our results are consistent with …