born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship …

Since 1950 the sources of the gains from marriage have changed radically. As the educational attainment of women … specialization in work weakened. The primary source of the gains to marriage shifted from the production of household services and … commodities to investment in children. For some, these changes meant that marriage was no longer worth the costs of limited …