the psychologists' setpoint model is wrong. Life events in the nonpecuniary domain, such as marriage, divorce, and … "more is better," based on revealed preference theory, is wrong. An increase in income, and thus in the goods at one … better theory of well-being builds on the evidence that adaptation and social comparison affect utility more in pecuniary …

This paper presents an inter-temporal model of individual behavior with uncertainty about marriage and divorce and … which accommodates the possible presence of economies or diseconomies of scale from marriage. We show that a scenario of … higher marriage rates and higher divorce rates will be associated with higher savings rates in the presence of economies of …

Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates …

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 …

Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates …

We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our … theory. Primary earners in couples are more strongly self-selected with respect to their income than singles, a novel result …