into three broad sections-marriage and fertility; the labor market; and special topics and policy issues. Separate and …

confronting women throughout the world--including nonmarket scenarios, such as marriage, family, fertility choice, and bargaining …

gender inequality. Because parenthood is often tied to marriage, we also investigate the existence of marriage penalties in … female employment. In general, women experience both marriage and child penalties, but their relative importance depends on … economic development. The development process is associated with a substitution from marriage penalties to child penalties …

This paper presents an inter-temporal model of individual behavior with uncertainty about marriage and divorce and … higher marriage rates and higher divorce rates will be associated with higher savings rates in the presence of economies of …. -- savings behavior ; marriage ; divorce ; economics of marriage ; gender roles …

protect themselves from this behavior. Part II explains some of the ways marital and divorce law facilitate wealth … perceive changes in regulation of marriage and families, can we fully appreciate the social impact of the proposed regulation …