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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
published by the press syndicate of the university of cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
cambridge university press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia
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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
xxi
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
vii
viii
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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