, then home-ownership can be seen as providing the necessary "collateral" for this contract. As easier divorce and paternity … enforcement outside of marriage have reduced the relative strength of the marital contract, the division of assets, particularly … divorce while providing consumption insurance to their partner. This, in turn, increases the value of marriage for those able …

We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours … the presence of endogenous regressors. Our results indicate that marriage increases women's specialization in home …-based activities and that marriage decreases women's leisure. These effects are robust across specifications …

utility from children in the case of divorce, lower fertility increases the probability of divorce. Using Spanish data and RDD … introduced in 2007 resulted in a reduction in fertility by up to 60%, an increase in the probability to divorce by 37%, and an …

The empirical literature addressing links between the labor and the marriage markets is numerous and varied. Despite … and labor market participation. We then analyze the implications of our results for a frictional marriage market allowing …

An empirical approach to optimal income taxation design is developed within an equilibrium collective marriage market … model with imperfectly transferable utility. Taxes distort labour supply and time allocation decisions, as well as marriage …

marriage. Simultaneity problems common to the literature are overcome by using dowry to proxy for bargaining position. Omitted … variable bias is addressed by using grain shocks in the year preceding marriage and sibling sex composition as instruments for …

This paper examines the relationship between specialization and happiness in marriage in the U.S. and Japan. Our …