regarding possible effects on marriage and children's stability. Cohabitation-protective cases cannot and do not accomplish this …

We present a structural marriage market model where individuals differ in ethnicity and qualifications, and where …

black/white educational distributions in marriage markets.The first contribution of this study is to provide an answer to … black and white education distributions have a significant impact on the black/white interracial marriage probability …

We study the effect of marriage on the stability of formal partnerships exploiting same-sex marriage legalization in … the Netherlands as a natural experiment. Same-sex marriage legalization allowed registered partnerships to be transformed … into marriage. Since registered partnerships and marriages are similar in terms of rights and obligations we can …

parameters. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, I apply this method to examine the marriage patterns of non-Hispanic whites …

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 …

divorce. Third, the widening college gap in children's family structure corresponds to a widening college gap in marriage … marriage among parents without a four-year college degree. This paper presents a number of facts about these trends, drawing on … the eroding economic position of men without a four-year college degree and their declining marriage rates. Fourth, the …