Given the collective nature of marital decisionmaking and the vast changes infernale labor force participation in recent years, it may be misleading to view marital timing in terms of individual labor force integration. To do so, is to stress the effects of a set of factors on some individuals,...

In the midst of sharply rising long-term unemployment, a series of unemployment benefit (UB) eligibility extensions raised the regular 26-week limit to as many as 99 weeks in some states. In response, leading economists have invoked the ‘laws of economics' to warn that the extensions may be...