Marriage and divorce decisions are influenced by the institutional environment they are made in. One example is the … quantify the importance of household-level insurance for marriage and divorce by exploiting an exogenous increase in the need …

Australia, UK and US, we find that selection into marriage by individuals with a higher taste for home-produced goods can … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …

Christianity. The paper takes a historical and contemporary look at how religious traditions affect marriage, using a modified … contractual lens, which enables us to theorize about long-run marriage and divorce rates. …

divorce rates. We ask whether making divorce easier affected the educational structure of marriage. Based on marriage and … divorce certificate data covering 1970-1988, we provide new evidence on the evolution of the educational structure of marriage … not contribute to rising homogamy (the tendency towards married partners having the same level of education), it did …