Australia, UK and US, we find that selection into marriage by individuals with a higher taste for home-produced goods can … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

Christianity. The paper takes a historical and contemporary look at how religious traditions affect marriage, using a modified … contractual lens, which enables us to theorize about long-run marriage and divorce rates. …

divorce rates. We ask whether making divorce easier affected the educational structure of marriage. Based on marriage and … divorce certificate data covering 1970-1988, we provide new evidence on the evolution of the educational structure of marriage … affect the educational structure of marriage: it made generally unstable hypogamous couples (women marrying less educated …

, mating, and parental investment in children, we argue that marriage serves the purpose of attenuating the risk of mating … reproduction in society for the benefit of paternal certainty and biparental investment in offspring. -- Marriage ; Mating …This paper provides a first microeconomic foundation for the institution of marriage. Based on a model of reproduction …