Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically … consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …

Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

small-scale survey data to examine sorting among parents of school-age children in Naples. We show that homogamy is … relates to various "outcomes" of the post-matching relationship. Children of parents with a high human capital endowment …

-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women, but not for … immigrant men. Traditionally, gender-based privileges may allow immigrant men to prevent native women from getting a price for …

legislation has proved to be an effective tool in modifying family structures in Mexico, so it is important to be aware of the …

prospects actually discourages family formation or for how long the effect might persist. In addition, recessions can affect the … divorce rate. Therefore, understanding the relationship between labor market conditions and family formation can provide …

division of labor within a household can render a marriage more durable. On the other hand, spouses that are dissimilar in … toward certain activities to the marriage that reflects compatible preferences for joint consumption of household public …

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …

labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 … are much more likely to be unemployed, work part-time or on temporary contracts than men with children of the same age. We … show that it is unlikely that preferences alone can account for these gaps. A review of the evidence shows that family …