biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. Empirically, we show that within China, those regions with a faster increase … incomplete. This paper studies the implications of status competition in the marriage market for the real exchange rate. In …

The high and rising household savings rate in China is not easily reconciled with the traditional explanations that … manner in order to improve their son's relative attractiveness for marriage. The pressure on savings spills over to other … about half of the actual increase in the household savings rate during 1990-2007 …

This paper studies how status competition for marriage partners can generate surprising effects on the real exchange … effect can be quantitatively large if the biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. We also provide within …-the People's Republic of China and cross-country empirical evidence to support the theory. As an application, our cross …

-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 …

biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. Empirically, we show that within China, those regions with a faster increase … incomplete. This paper studies the implications of status competition in the marriage market for the real exchange rate. In …

The high and rising household savings rate in China is not easily reconciled with the traditional explanations that … manner in order to improve their son's relative attractiveness for marriage. The pressure on savings spills over to other … about half of the actual increase in the household savings rate during 1990-2007 …