any significant advantage of legal marriage among young mothers. …

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 …

data of all workers and firms matched to mortality and patient records, we document that male job displacement increases … the mortality risk for both the man and his partner. For every 10,000 displaced men, there are 27 additional deaths over a … due to excess spousal mortality. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases jump up and hospitalization records show more …

We study the impact of bride kidnapping, a peculiar form of marriage practiced in Central Asia, on child birth weight …. The search for a suitable mate in a kidnapped marriage is initiated by the groom, and there is typically non …