This paper studies how aggregate economic conditions affect marriage markets in developing countries where marriage is … regulated by traditional customary norms. We examine how local economic shocks influence the timing of marriage, and … particularly child marriage, in Sub-Saharan Africa and in India, where substantial monetary or in-kind transfers occur with …

We examine the association between nonmarital childbearing and the subsequent likelihood of first marriage and document … expectations of future marriage. Rather, the direction of causation is just the reverse: Nonmarital childbearing tends to be an … first marriage. Further, the upward trend in the proportion of childbearing that occurs outside of marriage may account for …

What determines bargaining power in marriage? This paper argues that wage rates, not earnings, determine well-being at …

This paper investigates the application of the three-parameter, Coale-McNeil marriage model and some related hyper …-parameterized specifications to data on the first marriage patterns of American women. Because the model is parametric, it can be used to estimate … the parameters of the marriage process, free of censoring bias, for cohorts that have yet to complete their first marriage …

-term relationships, including spouses' attributes, marriage entry and stability, and the division of household labor. Drawing on two … an enduring height hierarchy among men on in the spousal marriage market. Further, they indicate that at least one …