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On the Economics of Marriage - A Theory of Marriage, Labor and Divorce. Out of print. Published originally by Westview Press in 1993 under name Grossbard-Shechtman

Year: 1993

Type: report

Abstract: This book presents a theory that integrates marriage markets and labor markets (Part 2). She uses data, primarily from Israel and the United States, to predict the effects of particular factors, such as individual resources and market size, on individual and market labor supply and marital outcomes, including bargaining power, polygamy, marriage contract, divorce and fertility. Parts 3 and 4 consider some implications of the theory for the study of sex ratio effects and compensating differentials in marriage. Part 5 provides further applications to the study of cohabitation, divorce, and polygamy. Part 6 examines how a spouse's help increases a person's human capital. The approach is interdisciplinary, combining aspects of sociology, demography, and anthropology, as well as economics.

Source: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Author: Shoshana Grossbard

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Southern California, San Diego State University, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OpenAlex ID: W2750870982

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