divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we … find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … household. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer …

and its heterogeneous effects on the labor market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. … participation declined, reducing the relative economic stature of men. Regions affected by intense robot penetration experienced …