supply, marriage and fertility are all endogenous. Assuming preferences that are common across ethnic groups and fixed over … exogenous factors: family background, labor market and marriage market constraints. Changes in parental background are a key … are much more likely to graduate themselves. The marriage market also contributes: Women's chance of getting marriage …

determined status markers and their valuation in the marriage market. We take nobility to be such a status marker. Using data on … intergenerational transmission of inequality, and for the longevity of the institution of nobility itself. -- Marriage ; Status …

the handover, HK women had lower marriage, higher divorce and higher emigration rates. These outcomes are predicted by our …-way permit ; hypergamy ; cross-boundary marriage ; family behavior …

violence. Besides, factors related to marriage setting have a significant role in the effect of women’s superior status on …

determined status markers and their valuation in the marriage market. We take nobility to be such a status marker. Using data on …

there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective well-being. Our data allow us to distinguish between marriage and … orientation. The well-being gains of marriage are larger than those of cohabitation. Investigating partnership formation and … disruption, we discover that the well-being effects are symmetric. Finally, we find that marriage improves well-being for both …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of marriage regulation on the migratory behavior of individuals using … the history of the liberalization of same-sex marriage across the United States. Because the approval of same-sex marriage … allows homosexuals access to legal rights and social benefits, marriage becomes more attractive relative to singlehood or …

This paper provides a first microeconomic foundation for the institution of marriage. Based on a model of reproduction …, mating, and parental investment in children, we argue that marriage serves the purpose of attenuating the risk of mating …, marriage circumscribes female infidelity and mate poaching among men, which reduces average levels of paternal uncertainty in …