Add to ORKGWe develop a simple competitive equilibrium model of the marriage market with single mothers and step-families. We then explore the role of trends in relative wages and other observed changes, such as divorce rates, cohabitation and contraception technology, in accounting for the evolution of the distribution of family types since 1945.
The first chapter develops a theoretical model of marriage and divorce. The model has two periods an...
We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and ou...
We extend the search-matching model of the marriage market of Shimer and Smith (2000) to allow for l...
I develop an equilibrium, a two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth, to...
According to Pareto (1896), the distribution of income depends on “the nature of the people comprisi...
This dissertation aims to shed light on how the institution of marriage has evolved in the United St...
We present a model in which couples match in the marriage markets and, on the basis of their relativ...
This thesis consists of a short introduction and three self-contained chapters. Chapter 1 develops a...
Using a transferable utility model of the marriage market, the paper derives a statistic to measure ...
We examine changes in marriage and earnings patterns across four cohorts born between 1936 and 1975 ...
Marriages in traditional societies often include a transfer between the involved parties. In some so...
One of the most striking changes in American society in the last forty years has been the decline an...
This paper integrates the marriage matching model of Choo and Siow (2006) with the collective labor ...
According to Pareto (1896), the distribution of income depends on “the nature of the people comprisi...
We develop a model of marriage market equilibrium that can be used to study effects of the age distr...
The first chapter develops a theoretical model of marriage and divorce. The model has two periods an...
We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and ou...
We extend the search-matching model of the marriage market of Shimer and Smith (2000) to allow for l...
I develop an equilibrium, a two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth, to...
According to Pareto (1896), the distribution of income depends on “the nature of the people comprisi...
This dissertation aims to shed light on how the institution of marriage has evolved in the United St...
We present a model in which couples match in the marriage markets and, on the basis of their relativ...
This thesis consists of a short introduction and three self-contained chapters. Chapter 1 develops a...
Using a transferable utility model of the marriage market, the paper derives a statistic to measure ...
We examine changes in marriage and earnings patterns across four cohorts born between 1936 and 1975 ...
Marriages in traditional societies often include a transfer between the involved parties. In some so...
One of the most striking changes in American society in the last forty years has been the decline an...
This paper integrates the marriage matching model of Choo and Siow (2006) with the collective labor ...
According to Pareto (1896), the distribution of income depends on “the nature of the people comprisi...
We develop a model of marriage market equilibrium that can be used to study effects of the age distr...
The first chapter develops a theoretical model of marriage and divorce. The model has two periods an...
We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150 years and ou...
We extend the search-matching model of the marriage market of Shimer and Smith (2000) to allow for l...