Since 1950 the sources of the gains from marriage have changed radically. As the educational attainment of women … specialization in work weakened. The primary source of the gains to marriage shifted from the production of household services and … commodities to investment in children. For some, these changes meant that marriage was no longer worth the costs of limited …

We present new findings about the relationship between marriage and socioeconomic background in the United States in … socioeconomic gradient for women in the probability of marriage and the socioeconomic status of husbands. This socioeconomic … marriage, and almost all of the increase in marital sorting. Differences in urbanization rates and the share of foreign …

having children within rather than outside of marriage. We thus expect passage of MWPAs and MWEAs to reduce the likelihood …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of marriage regulation on the migratory behavior of individuals using … the history of the liberalization of same-sex marriage across the United States. Because the approval of same-sex marriage … allows homosexuals access to legal rights and social benefits, marriage becomes more attractive relative to singlehood or …

marriage. We find that marriage rates increase sharply around the time of a move in an event study analysis. Reduced form … exposure analysis reveals that an additional move over a five year period increases the likelihood of marriage by 14 percent …-term intentions. These findings are consistent with a model where the marriage decision is costly and relocation lowers the costs to …