not have a positive effect on marriage duration …

We extend the search-matching model of the marriage market of Shimer and Smith (2000) to allow for labor supply, home … estimate how much sorting results from time use specialization or homophilic preferences. We estimate how equilibrium marriage … formation affects the wage elasticities of market and non market hours. We estimate individuals’ willingness to pay for marriage …

This paper proposes a general equilibrium approach to examine the marriage market and within-household transfers. Using … unidimensional marriage index then I implement a multidimensional matching model to allow for complementarities in characteristics of … find that the marriage market is more efficient for young individuals who are more selective. Finally, I compute the …

match and an integral equation of one's optimal opportunity of marriage in life. We also find a series of theoretical … their marital timing decisions. According to the analysis, we propose two Hypotheses and test them with the first marriage … than town individuals, which in turn marry later than countryside people and the timing of first marriage is affected by …

the "marriage squeeze," a population increase leads to an excess supply of brides since men marry younger women. As a … result, dowry payments rise in order to clear the marriage market. The explanation is essentially static; unmarried brides do … not re-enter the marriage market. This paper demonstrates that the marriage squeeze argument cannot explain dowry …

A theory of the economic aspects of the law of marriage. In The Nature of the Firm (1937), Ronald Coase noted that …’ll support me." Some are short term: "I’ll drop off the dry-cleaning; you pick up the kids." Economic theory tells us that such … marriage substitutes non-contractual rules to enforce implicit deals between spouses. Like corporate law, it largely supplants …

This article discusses the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment (FMPA), which is open to a broad range of … by some of the very broad constructions given to seemingly clear and narrow language in some of the recent state marriage …

Using a unique survey of 10,000 Chinese couples in 1991, this paper evaluates the impact of marriage market on life … quality after marriage. Specifically, we compare three matchmaking means - self match, parental involvement, and friend … introduction - and associate them with the degree of marriage harmony and joint couple income after marriage. We consider the …

suggests that individuals with a higher preference for marriage also have more traditional views on the division of household …