. Given prevailing gender gaps in height and earnings, positive sorting implies it will be rare for women to be taller than …

standard models of household behavior. Examples include: marriage contracts that serve as barriers to hasty divorces (e …-inconsistent preferences. In our model, hyperbolic discounting couples engage in household production activities, thereby accumulating family …-specific capital over time. At any given point in time, the gains to continued marriage depend on the accumulated stock of this capital …

with household bargaining explanations. For couples with children, improved women’s household bargaining position is …

earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …

. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … LFP. To eliminate the education gender gap requires, on the other hand, for the psychic cost of obtaining higher education … to change asymmetrically for women versus men. -- divorce ; labor force participation ; gender gap ; education and skill …

This paper examines the relationship between specialization and happiness in marriage in the U.S. and Japan. Our … happier if they are specialized in the household and they have a higher household income. Our research highlights how marital … quality is affected by the institutional context and the normative environment. -- gender ; family ; marital happiness …

of 'marriage divides' in the United States: class and racial, ideological and political, and family law/gender ideology …In this article we use the idea of the 'marriage divide' to describe the transformation of the family to meet the needs …

-2008) of the British Household Panel Survey. The long panel allows us to control for both upturns and downturns in the economic … the theoretical literature suggesting a positive shock will reduce the benefits of the current marriage and increase the …