Security Database. We show that in our sample of relatively young couples the shock hits households at crucial stages of family … find a small positive effect on the probability of divorce, but no effect of the husband's job displacement on fertility …

market wages earned by high-BMI women, but rather lower spousal transfers to married women or lower expected intra-marriage …Higher body-weight (BMI) can affect labor supply via its effects on outcomes in both labor markets and marriage markets … expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply labor in labor markets, especially for women. We use US panel data …

An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically …