Pattems of entry into first marriage among recent birth cohorts (1952 - 1967) of young adults are examined based upon … timing oftheir entry into marriage. Labor force integration - concluding one's education and entering the labor force - is … interesting developments: the tendency for American men and women to enter marriage early, relative to their West German peers …

of government spending or in terms of restricted access to certain benefits. In the area of family policies, however, a … and the 2000s in Germany and the United States. The second research question of the dissertation regards the differences … in dissolution outcomes between married and cohabiting parents in Germany. The dissertation thus aims to link …

We present new findings about the relationship between marriage and socioeconomic background in the United States in … the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Imputing socioeconomic status of family of origin from first names, we document a … socioeconomic gradient for women in the probability of marriage and the socioeconomic status of husbands. This socioeconomic …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and …