that marriage may help ease the causes of the mid-life dip in life satisfaction and that the benefits of marriage are … marriage and life satisfaction, and find that well-being effects of marriage are about twice as large for those whose spouse is …Subjective well-being research has often found that marriage is positively correlated with well-being. Some have argued …

that marriage may help ease the causes of the mid-life dip in life satisfaction and that the benefits of marriage are … marriage and life satisfaction, and find that well-being effects of marriage are about twice as large for those whose spouse is …Subjective well-being research has often found that marriage is positively correlated with well-being. Some have argued …

steady increase in the surplus of men relative to women. We construct an OLG model with two sexes and a desire to marry. We … show conditions under which an intensified competition in the marriage market can induce men to raise their savings rate …

steady increase in the surplus of men relative to women. We construct an OLG model with two sexes and a desire to marry. We … show conditions under which an intensified competition in the marriage market can induce men to raise their savings rate …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

's Ladder - women are either similar to or 'happier' than men. This finding is insensitive to which controls are included and …-country surveys from 167 countries across the world, two US surveys covering multiple years and a survey for Canada. We find women … score more highly than men on all negative affect measures and lower than men on all but three positive affect metrics …

Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … differences, social status and stratification, and overall economic development. -- Mating ; marriage ; cultural values ; social …