The institution of marriage has served to funnel economic resources from fathers to children. Its continued decline in …-supported programs in the United States aimed at rescuing marriage have not been proven effective. Ways need to be explored to get a …

effects of marriage penalties. In addition, it offers a unique perspective on 19th century marriage markets, which are little … substantially greater. This indicates that women were willing to substitute away from marriage if the alternatives were favorable … enough, suggesting that changes in the desirability of marriage to women may account for some of the aggregate patterns of …

was instrumental for women's professional advancement, because such access allowed marriage to be postponed. However, by … 1960, married women could get the Pill and thence it is not clear why early marriage would interfere with the pursuit of … state minimum-age marriage laws (EMA), we find that EMA precipitated marriage, delayed fertility within marriage, and …