to Taiwan after a civil war in the late 1940s were subject to a marriage ban. When the ban was lifted in 1959, the great … influx of the soldiers into the marriage market suddenly tipped the balance in favor of women. We have found that men subject … to this massive marriage market squeeze exhibited higher mortality rates at age 50-64. Surprisingly, the deadly effect …

differ by type of marriage and gender of the immigrant—and, consequently, affect how spouses supply labor to the market …—specialization differences, by type of marriage, are insignificant when the immigrant has post-college education. At lower levels of immigrant …

This paper studies how status competition for marriage partners can generate surprising effects on the real exchange … effect can be quantitatively large if the biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. We also provide within …

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

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans populations and lifestyles. I use queer critiques to explore the creation and normalising … categories (mainly lesbian and gay) into being. Using three key research events from a large scale quantitative research study of …

bisexual people, provides a basis for feminists to expand work in economics on lesbian and gay issues. The articles in the …The economics profession has only recently begun to include research on lesbians and gay men, but we argue that a … lesbian economics has long existed, with documentation of anti-lesbian discrimination, discussion of its private and social …

to the study of economic issues for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. …