change in employment status), perceived stress, and subjective health. Results: Cohabitation led to significant weight gain … in men and women - after four years or longer, about twice the gain associated with marriage (controlling for weight …-related behaviors, age, children, employment, stress, and health). BMI after separation was largely comparable to BMI before starting …

This paper presents a model of consumption and household production that takes into account substitution between health … related to marriage markets that could help explain consumption, including demand for medical care and good nutrition. These … variables include sex ratios (and exogenous parameters that influence sex ratios) as well as legal changes related to marriage …

This paper uses data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe to analyze the effect of spousal health … of retirement after their husbands experience a work-limiting health shock. Results suggest that this increased … the effect spousal health shocks have on the various labor market outcomes examined here, which suggests an important role …

We study the impact of bride kidnapping, a peculiar form of marriage practiced in Central Asia, on child birth weight …. The search for a suitable mate in a kidnapped marriage is initiated by the groom, and there is typically non …-coerced consent only by the male. We expect adverse consequences from such marriages, working through poor spousal matching quality …