time-to-first-marriage and time-to-next-birth among women whose first" child was born out of wedlock. We use twin births to … eventual marriage; and (2) lead initially unwed black mothers to hasten their next birth. The magnitudes of these effects are …

In this paper, we investigate the effect of federal welfare reform on the employment, hours of work and marriage rates … effect on native- and foreign-born citizens' marriage decisions. TANF was associated with a decrease in the marriage rates of …

manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage … of household specialization, shocks to male relative stature reduce marriage and fertility. Consistent with sociological …

significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

provision on two important demographic outcomes—childbearing and marriage. The impact on childbearing is theoretically ambiguous … childbirth. The impact on marriage is also ambiguous, as marriage rates may decrease when young adults have less need for … they are married. Changes in childbearing and marriage can, in turn, lead to changes in the likelihood of filing a tax …

, that are undesirable in the marriage market? We answer this question through two field experiments in an elite U.S. MBA …