Marriage has declined since 1960, with the drop being more significant for noncollege-
educated individuals versus college-educated ones. Divorce has increased, more so for the …

Comparing the 1935 and 1975 US birth cohorts, wages of married women grew twice as fast
as for married men, and the wage gap between married and single women turned from …

Educational assortative mating patterns in the United States have changed since the 1960s,
but we know little about the effects of these patterns on children, particularly on infant health …

Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for
individuals, families, and society. We use the term hypergamy to describe a phenomenon …

Having children is like investing in a risky project. Postponing birth is like delaying an
irreversible investment. It has an option value, which depends on its costs and benefits, and …

Infant sex ratios that differ from the biological norm provide a measure of gender status
inequality that is not susceptible to social desirability bias. Ratios may become less biased …

Intermarriage between a native and immigrant can affect the household's supply of labor
hours. Spouse selectivity on the basis of human capital, distribution of bargaining power …

In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at the same rate, and
this was true for Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. But in more recent cohorts, women graduate …

Skill mismatch, the discrepancy between the skill levels held by employees and those
demanded by employers, has long been of interest to analysts of the labor market. From the …

El emparejamiento selectivo es un fenómeno que ha sido objeto de estudio en distintas
disciplinas y en diversas direcciones con el fin de comprender en profundidad los patrones …