substantially higher employment (all else equal), which in turn amplifies income inequality across couples. Using NLSY79, we … formulate and structurally estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of endogenous marriage and labor supply decisions in a collective … framework. We establish that the education gap at the time of marriage, produces dynamic effects due to human capital …

It is well known that female age at first marriage positively correlates with male income inequality. The common … challenges that interpretation with a novel econometric method. I utilize the fact that the female age at first marriage was … inequality and female education. …

find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

marriage as well as for a precautionary savings motive. …

We present new findings about the relationship between marriage and socioeconomic background in the United States in … socioeconomic gradient for women in the probability of marriage and the socioeconomic status of husbands. This socioeconomic … marriage, and almost all of the increase in marital sorting. Differences in urbanization rates and the share of foreign …

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 …