The selection of a marriage partner is normally determined by customary preference, economic circumstances, and … geographic considerations. Marriage arrangements in villages and among the lower and traditional middle classes of urban areas … tend to follow traditional patterns. When a young man is judged ready for marriage, his parents will visit the parents of a …

threat would the recognition of same sex marriages pose to the marriage institution as has long been understood, iii). Is …

Economic analysis suggests that the hesitation to contractualize marriage creates a number of inefficiencies. This … paper discusses these inefficiencies and then proposes an economic reconceptualization of Continental marriage law. By … bringing in more contract into the statutes regulating marriage, we suggest that marriage law can become a more efficient …

country and in the developed world. Part I uses recent government data to trace the decline of marriage and the rise of … century data show little correlation between the marriage rate and economic conditions. Because of the Supreme Court …’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), same-sex marriage is now universally available to same-sex couples. Part I considers …

We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the … decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional on marriage. We find that, in the absence of social stigma or legal …