In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …

exit employment - is still important among a subset of couples, but that the overall value of marriage as a risk …-sharing arrangement has diminished because of the greater positive co-movement of employment within couples. While positive assortative …

women's layoffs; reductions in fertility associated with men's layoffs; and increases in fertility associated with women …

transitions between the states of nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment. Motivated by a model of household search … nonparticipation (both out of unemployed search and employment) are positively affected by the husband's income (while no effect is … found for transitions out of nonparticipation). Men seem to move from employment into unemployed search easier the higher is …

transitions between the states of nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment. Motivated by a model of household search … nonparticipation (both out of unemployed search and employment) are positively affected by the husband's income (while no effect is … found for transitions out of nonparticipation). Men seem to move from employment into unemployed search easier the higher is …

This paper documents relationships between age at marriage and labor-market out- come reflected by personal income as … well as relationships between age at marriage and marriage-market outcome reflected by spousal income for Americans born …

manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage …, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and … reduce marriage and fertility. Consistent with prominent sociological accounts, these shocks heighten male idleness and …