This paper develops a novel model of marital sorting on income potentials: In the marriage market, people are matching … on potential wage growth rates which differ across individuals. Gains from marriage arise from intra …

following the legalization of same-sex marriage. Both partners in these couples were more likely to be employed, to work full … time, and to work longer hours. Marriage equality was also associated with a decrease in self-employment and within … by a reduction in discrimination, a marriage premium in wages, or changes in fertility, assortative matching and …

By reducing the risk of unwanted parenthood, more effective contraception reduces the cost of sex outside of marriage …, increasing the value of single life. Could this explain why marriage and birth rates declined in the U.S. after 1970?. We …, modeling the shotgun-marriage, contraception- method and abortion margins. We use US survey data on contraception, sexual …

marriage breakdown rates. We use this fundamental change in the Irish society as a natural experiment. We follow a difference …

marriage breakdown rates. We use this fundamental change in the Irish society as a natural experiment. We follow a difference …