data from Malawi. Using revealed preference conditions for a stable marriage market, we define the economic attractiveness …'s marriage market? We answer these questions using a structural model of consumer-producer households that is applied to rich … the value of consumption and leisure in the current marriage. We estimate this marital instability measure for every …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and …