The practice of early marriage for women is prevalent in developing countries around the world today, and is believed … model of the marriage market to explain how the practice may be sustained in the absence of any intrinsic preference for … young brides. We assume there is a desirable female attribute, relevant for the gains from marriage, that is only noisily …

Using an equilibrium model of inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets, we establish the existence of male … marriage premium within a given productivity group, as well as a clear ranking of premia across different groups. We find …

sequential job search, and can choose to improve their labour market returns as well as their marriage prospects by undertaking a …We present an equilibrium model with inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets. Women's flow value of being …

We present an equilibrium model of inter-linked frictional labour and marriage markets. In the marital market, men and … women are involved in random sequential search for a partner. Men are seen as breadwinners in the family, and therefore in … the labour market unemployed men carry out a constrained sequential search for jobs. We establish that when divorce …

interaction between frictional labour and marriage markets and establish the existence of a search equilibrium characterised by …We propose a theoretical explanation for the so-called "beauty premium". Our explanation is based entirely on search … frictions and the fact that physical appearance plays an important role in attracting a marriage partner. We analyse the …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners … distinction between efficient (cities)and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is thatsingles …

is used a third of the time. To analyze the Malawian epidemic, a choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is …

Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force … legal protection to household producers at the margin between single status and marriage, we expect it to discourage labor …