Learning about marriage quality has been proposed as a key mechanism for explaining how the probability of divorce … evolves with marriage duration, and why people often cohabit before getting married. I develop four theoretical models of …, the data is consistent with a model without any learning, but where marriage quality changes over time. …

Social insurance is often linked to marriage. I model how such linkage affects the marriage market, and exploit Sweden …. Entry into marriage reflects a demand for survivors insurance up to 50 years before expected payout, especially among … insurance is linked to marriage, marital behavior is an integral component of couples’ strategies to plan for financial security …