Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … assignment of property rights over total goods and assets acquired within marriage, (iii) enforceability of bride-price contracts …

recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women …. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining … societal, economic, and technological changes in their effects on marriage patterns. A combination of factors is argued to …

exit employment—is still important among a subset of couples, but that the overall value of marriage as a risk …

determined status markers and their valuation in the marriage market. We take nobility to be such a status marker. Using data on …

only partly explain the wage differentials by marital status. However, I do not find that the marriage premium increases …

In this paper we study the relationship between fertility behavior and the process of marriage duration. The potential … endogeneity of fertility on marriage behavior is taken into account by modeling fertility and divorce jointly. We apply the … fertility decision, we conclude that children themselves do not have a positive effect on marriage duration. …

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

In this paper we study the relationship between fertility behavior and the process of marriage duration. The potential … endogeneity of fertility on marriage behavior is taken into account by modeling fertility and divorce jointly. We apply the … fertility decision, we conclude that children themselves do not have a positive effect on marriage duration …

concerning marriage; differences between lifetime incomes for prospective partners and a marriage premium. We develop a two … period model to bring out the main features of the impact of marriage on consumption and saving. We then develop a multi …