This paper describes trends in parental wealth homogamy among union cohorts formed between 1987 and 2013 in Denmark …

the marriage market after the war. Marriage data from the first wave of the Italian Household Longitudinal Survey (1997 … that here, the shock provided for a more fundamental change in marriage patterns compared to urban, lower-lying, and less … agricultural provinces where marriage markets might have been more flexible to begin with. …

In this paper, we examine the impact of variation in local economic conditions on the hazard into child marriage (i … these areas, have similar effects on crop yields but opposite effects on the early marriage hazard in the two regions: in … Africa, droughts increase the hazard into early marriage, while in India, droughts decrease the hazard. We argue that the …

the family home, post-separation has remained unique to marriage. We provide a model where husbands can "ante up" the …Marriage used to be practically universal, but now persists as an institution for only some groups, while others choose … non-marital fertility. This paper posits that if one role of marriage is to insure one partner's investment in children …

certain sectors and jobs were required to leave their jobs once they married. The majority of women affected by this "Marriage … compare the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were required to leave employment on marriage because of the … Marriage Bar to the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were not required to do so. It is found that the …