beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

in men and women - after four years or longer, about twice the gain associated with marriage (controlling for weight … marriage or cohabitation do not necessarily include a healthier BMI. They also suggest that relationship transitions …

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 …

should be positively associated with marriage probability for those single people who expect to marry a higher earning spouse …. These predictions are tested using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Marriage and divorce … marriage is used as a proxy for divorce risk. …

of each potential marriage decides whether to marry or to remain single at the beginning of the first period. Individuals …

Neither marriage nor a legally enforceable contract serves any useful purpose if the parties have access to a perfect … enforceable contract. Separate-property marriage may reduce and community-property marriage actually eliminate inefficiency, but …