provides a principled basis upon which to distinguish between polygamy and same-sex marriage. The implicit deal enforced by the …A theory of the economic aspects of the law of marriage. In The Nature of the Firm (1937), Ronald Coase noted that … marriage substitutes non-contractual rules to enforce implicit deals between spouses. Like corporate law, it largely supplants …

-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner … that institutional factors significantly impact economic performance by affecting marriage, family size, and the …

We analyze the role of the marriage contract. We first formalize three prominent hypotheses on why people marry …: marriage provides an exogenous payoff to married partners, it serves as a commitment device and it serves as a signaling device … given duration of marriage. We then bring these alternative views of the marriage contract to bear on the data using …

This article discusses the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment (FMPA), which is open to a broad range of … by some of the very broad constructions given to seemingly clear and narrow language in some of the recent state marriage …

results discussing the issue of same-sex marriage. I do not attempt to justify it on legal or moral grounds; I aim rather to … repudiate the arguments which reject same-sex marriage based on the concept of moral externalities …

This symposium article discusses recent state constitutional amendments limiting marriage, suggesting that many of the … premises offered. The article concludes that the state marriage amendments do not strengthen marriage but instead make it a …

It is now common for parents and relatives of an individual seeking to have an arranged marriage to set up one or more … this marrying individual. Even though this exposure level has a significant bearing on the eventual likelihood of marriage … focuses on the links between the trinity of meetings, exposure levels, and an arranged marriage. Next, we derive the …

Using a unique survey of 10,000 Chinese couples in 1991, this paper evaluates the impact of marriage market on life … quality after marriage. Specifically, we compare three matchmaking means - self match, parental involvement, and friend … introduction - and associate them with the degree of marriage harmony and joint couple income after marriage. We consider the …