higher marriage rates and higher divorce rates will be associated with higher savings rates in the presence of economies of … marriage and with lower savings rates in the presence of diseconomies of marriage. In the context of traditional gender roles …This paper presents an inter-temporal model of individual behavior with uncertainty about marriage and divorce and …

rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the premarital sex (or gender) ratio (the ratio of males …, where the bride's side has to pay substantial dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in the Republic … of Korea, where, as in the People's Republic of China, the groom's side has to bear a disproportionate share of marriage …

findings of the paper, it finds that the pre-marital sex (or gender) ratio (the ratio of males to females) has a significant … dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a … disproportionate share of marriage-related expenses including purchasing a house or condominium for the newlywed couple. …

findings of the paper, it finds that the pre-marital sex (or gender) ratio (the ratio of males to females) has a significant … dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a … disproportionate share of marriage-related expenses including purchasing a house or condominium for the newlywed couple …

, savings, labor supply, leisure, type of relationship, divorce, and intermarriage. Predictions are based on Demand and Supply …This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to … women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …

higher marriage rates and higher divorce rates will be associated with higher savings rates in the presence of economies of … marriage and with lower savings rates in the presence of diseconomies of marriage. In the context of traditional gender roles …This paper presents an inter-temporal model of individual behavior with uncertainty about marriage and divorce and …

calibration, we find that with the option to postpone marriage, the response of the aggregate savings rate to the rising sex ratio …Recent influential papers claim that single men's saving competition for marriage intensified by an increase in the … male-to-female ratio in the pre-marital cohort explains 60 percent of the rise of China's aggregate household savings rate …

children. In our model workers face uninsurable idiosyncratic risks and make decisions on savings, labor supply, living … arrangement, and marital status. We find that the U.S. anti-poverty policy distorts the cohabitation/marriage decision of single … mothers, providing incentives to cohabit. We also find quantitatively important effects on savings, and on the labor supply of …

rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the premarital sex (or gender) ratio (the ratio of males …, where the bride's side has to pay substantial dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in the Republic … of Korea, where, as in the People's Republic of China, the groom's side has to bear a disproportionate share of marriage …

We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy …. In particular, they mitigate increases in divorce associated with men's layoffs; increases in separations associated with …