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Marriage and the Economy

Theory and Evidence from Advanced Industrial Societies

Edited by SHOSHANA A. GROSSBARD-SHECHTMAN

San Diego State University

Foreword by JACOB MINCER Columbia University

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C Shoshana A. Grossbard-Shechtman 2003

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First published 2003

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Typeface Times Ten 10/13 pt. System LATEX 2 [TB] A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Marriage and the economy : theory and evidence from advanced industrial

societies / edited by Shoshana A. Grossbard-Shechtman.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-521-81454-5 ? ISBN 0-521-89143-4 (pb.)

1. Marriage ? Economic aspects ? Developed countries. 2. Married people ?

Employment ? Developed countries. 3. Family ? Economic aspects ? Developed

countries. 4. Social values ? Developed countries. 5. Industrialization ? Developed

countries ? History ? 20th century. 6. Economics ? Developed countries ? History ?

20th century. I. Grossbard ? Shechtman, Shoshana, 1948?

HQ518 .M325 2003

306.8109?dc21

2002073690

ISBN 0 521 81454 5 hardback ISBN 0 521 89143 4 paperback

Contents

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Foreword

Jacob Mincer Acknowledgments

page ix x

xiii xix

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1 Marriage and the Economy

1

Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman

part i. the economics of marriage and divorce

2 The Economics of Marriage and Household Formation

37

Michael J. Brien and Michelle E. Sheran

3 The Economics of Divorce

55

Evelyn L. Lehrer

4 The Effects of Public Policy on Marital Status in the

United States

75

Leslie Whittington and James Alm

part ii. effects of marriage on income uses

5 Control over Money in Marriage

105

Frances Woolley

6 Marriage, Assets, and Savings

129

Joseph P. Lupton and James P. Smith

7 The Economics of Child Support

153

Andrea H. Beller and John W. Graham

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Contents

8 Marriage Prospects and Welfare Use

177

John Fitzgerald

part iii. effects of marriage on time uses

9 Marriage, Household Production, and Earnings

201

Joni Hersch

10 Marriage and Work for Pay

222

Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman and Shoshana Neuman

11 Marriage, Work for Pay, and Childcare

248

Rachel Connelly and Jean Kimmel

12 Marriage and Home-Based Paid Employment

271

Elizabeth Field-Hendrey and Linda N. Edwards

part iv. marriage and the macroeconomy

13 Married Households and Gross Household Product

293

Duncan Ironmonger and Faye Soupourmas

14 Marriage, Parental Investment, and the Macroeconomy

318

Shirley Burggraf

Index

339

Figures

1.1 Market for Work-in-Marriage 2.1 Percent of Never-Married Men and Women,

by Age: 1950?98 2.2 Median Age at First Marriage: 1900?98 5.1 Possible Divisions of Resources in Marriage 5.2 Dimensions of Family Financial Organization 8.1 Proportion on Welfare, Spouse Availability, and Employed

Males/Females 12.1 Diagrammatic Model of Labor Supply by Work Site 13.1 Types of Married and Not Married Households, Australia

1993?4 13.2 Time Spent on Household Production and Market Work,

Australia 1993?4

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