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 …

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 …

find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … initiated by women, and importantly, by women who are unhappier than their husband. Hence, happiness gaps seem to matter to …

hypothesis that an increase in potential earnings of less-educated men would correspondingly lead to an increase in marriage and …There has been a well-documented retreat from marriage among less educated individuals in the U.S. and non … economic position of men in these populations is at least partially responsible for these trends. That leads to the reverse …