recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women …. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining … societal, economic, and technological changes in their effects on marriage patterns. A combination of factors is argued to …

marriage which exactly offsets their higher prospective divorce settlement. When remarriage is possible, more complex effects … could occur: the reform typically alters divorce probabilities and it may affect the total surplus generated by marriage …