incompleteness in the marriage market and the assumption that the marginal gain to marrying someone rich is greatest for someone poor …

following the legalization of same-sex marriage. Both partners in these couples were more likely to be employed, to work full … time, and to work longer hours. Marriage equality was also associated with a decrease in self-employment and within … by a reduction in discrimination, a marriage premium in wages, or changes in fertility, assortative matching and …

women in the American economy through an institution known as the "marriage bar." Marriage bars were policies adopted by … promotion from within, tenure-based salaries, and other modern personnel practices. The marriage bar, which had at its height …