well as members of adjacent generations linked by marriage (in-laws) are modeled as self-interested agents offering or … and happiness of in-family caregivers could be enriched by taking account of material in-marriage transfers that the … their counterparts in the South. Their families are also likely to pay lower dowries at the time of marriage, which is …

about the likelihood of further increases in cohabitation in Japan and the potential implications for marriage and fertility. … correlates of cohabitation experiences and describes differences in the family formation trajectories of women who have and have … not cohabited. Cohabitation has increased rapidly among recent cohorts of women and cohabiting unions in Japan tend to be …

forms such as civil unions and cohabitation allows couples to choose alternatives to marriage, which in turn weakens the … institution of marriage. Alternatively, the divorce rate in Japan is low compared to the U.S. and Europe because dependency … benefits of marriage. Lower dependency allows greater voice, and lowers the cost of exiting a marriage. The diversity of family …

well as members of adjacent generations linked by marriage (in-laws) are modeled as self-interested agents offering or … and happiness of in-family caregivers could be enriched by taking account of material in-marriage transfers that the … their counterparts in the South. Their families are also likely to pay lower dowries at the time of marriage, which is …