of their occupations' requisite knowledge are more likely to divorce. This supports the hypothesis that gains from … division of labor within a household can render a marriage more durable. On the other hand, spouses that are dissimilar in … terms of their occupations' activities are more likely to divorce. This suggests that each spouse brings an inclination …

contractual lens, which enables us to theorize about long-run marriage and divorce rates. … Christianity. The paper takes a historical and contemporary look at how religious traditions affect marriage, using a modified …

that the economic value of the marriage market matters for divorce decisions. …Do individuals marry and divorce for economic reasons? Can we measure the economic attractiveness of a person …'s marriage market? We answer these questions using a structural model of consumer-producer households that is applied to rich …

-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women, but not for …

This chapter surveys the voluminous literature on household formation and marriage markets in developing countries. We … these factors are particularly important in poor countries, especially in a rural setting. We then focus on marriage, which … polygyny, we introduce bargaining and strategic bequest and discuss their implication for the equilibrium of the marriage …