, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. What can explain this? It is argued … marriage and divorce is developed. Household production benefits from labour-saving technological progress. …

We study a setting with search frictions in the marriage market and with incomplete contracting inside the family …, because he may dislike the implicit income redistribution implied by marriage. Redistributive income taxation may ease this … taxation is shown both to further and stabilize marriage. …

should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In cities singles can meet more potential partners … marriage market benefits disappear while the housing premium remains. We extend the model of Burdett and Coles (1997) with a …

organizational networks through expansion of the marriage metaphor. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the relationship … marketing literature as well as incorporating sociological literature dealing with marriage and the family, specifically with … dynamic of interactions outside the dyad and how these affect the dyadic relationship. Originality/value – The marriage …

more attractive on the marriage market). Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyzes the cohabiting and the marital … that higher wages are mostly due to positive selection – into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis … cohabitation to marriage. Originality/value – This is the first application of non‐parametric matching in a comparative study of …