We study the rise in marriages between residents of HK and China following the handover of HK to China in 1997. Cross … China and HK, marriages of HK men with Mainland women outnumbered those of HK women with mainland men sevenfold. Following … the handover, HK women had lower marriage, higher divorce and higher emigration rates. These outcomes are predicted by our …

-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property … rights after separation. We use this improvement in women's bargaining power in marriage for a regression discontinuity …

rising criminality in China. Consistent with socio-biological research on other species, we find that China's high sex … pressure on men to appear financially attractive in order to find a partner in the marriage market. These marriage market …