This paper explores how marriage prospects affect female human capital investments. I exploit a South African legal … variation in marriage propensity. The findings show that these marital gains are generated through a shift in intra …-household bargaining power rather than improving marriage match quality …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

the family home, post-separation has remained unique to marriage.We provide a model where husbands can "ante up" the …Marriage used to be practically universal, but now persists as an institution for only some groups, while others choose … non-marital fertility. This paper posits that if one role of marriage is to insure one partner's investment in children …

related to the institution of marriage and household characteristics. There is an inverse relationship between BMI and height …

America. Results demonstrated a generational shift toward the Nordic late marriage pattern among women and men originating …Differences in the timing and pathway into family life provide insights into the social distance between majority and … group distinctions. We situate our study in Norway, a country on the forefront of family change with an increasingly diverse …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …