incomplete. This paper studies the implications of status competition in the marriage market for the real exchange rate. In … biological desire for a marriage partner is strong. Empirically, we show that within China, those regions with a faster increase …

effects of marriage penalties. In addition, it offers a unique perspective on 19th century marriage markets, which are little … substantially greater. This indicates that women were willing to substitute away from marriage if the alternatives were favorable … enough, suggesting that changes in the desirability of marriage to women may account for some of the aggregate patterns of …

-cycle model in which agents make consumption, saving, labor force participation (LFP), and marriage and divorce decisions subject …

We develop and estimate a dynamic model to study the impact of student debt on education, career, and marriage market … marriage prospects, career prospects, and investments in educational quality of female lawyers. The analysis also provides new …

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 …

Subjective well-being research has often found that marriage is positively correlated with well-being. Some have argued … that the well-being benefits of marriage are short-lasting. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, we control … that marriage may help ease the causes of the mid-life dip in life satisfaction and that the benefits of marriage are …

the effects of school construction on girls' education vary with a widely-practiced marriage custom called bride price …, which is a payment made by the husband and/or his family to the wife's parents at marriage. We begin by developing a model … with a bride price. The findings emphasize the importance of the marriage market as a driver of educational investment and …

show conditions under which an intensified competition in the marriage market can induce men to raise their savings rate …