In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … changes expected at the time of the introduction. In theory, only a small fraction of newlyweds was eligible for the loan. In … environment compared to the crisis years. The sharp decrease in unemployment probably resulted from the introduction of several …

This paper documents relationships between age at marriage and labor-market out- come reflected by personal income as … well as relationships between age at marriage and marriage-market outcome reflected by spousal income for Americans born … from 1900s to 1970s, and motivated by these documented relationships, provides a theory based on human capital investments …

data from Germany, we also present empirical evidence which is consistent with this finding. -- marriage ; divorce ; single …This paper studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market with …