This paper analyzes the effects that differential tax treatment of married and single individuals has on marriage … following: i) although an increase in the "marriage tax" reduces the number of marriages, an indirect strategic effect due to … two-sided search considerations can substantially mitigate its impact on marriage formation; ii) the quantitative analysis …

extends this theory by allowing the marriage market, and especially the sex ratio, to affect the sharing rule and the …

and native marriage for several reasons. Intermarried couples may specialize less due to smaller comparative advantages …

This paper studies how status competition for marriage partners can generate surprising effects on the real exchange … effect can be quantitatively large if the biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. We also provide within …

This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how … bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn … gender and heterogeneity in dowry amounts across marriage markets, we find that the prospect of paying higher dowry increases …