ON THE ECONOMICS OF MARRIAGE

A THEORY OF MARRIAGE,
LABOR, AND DIVORCE
BY Shoshana Grossbard

Out of print. Had been published by Westview Press
Boulder, 1993.


Contents

List of Tables and Figures [available from the author upon request]

Preface

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE
The Economics of Marriage in Perspective

  1. The Economics of Marriage and Other
    Social Sciences
  2. The Economics of Marriage and Belief Systems

PART TWO
A General Theory of Marriage

  1. A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets
    for Labor and Marriage
  2. Theoretical Implications for Marriage

PART THREE
Sex Ratio Effects

  1. Sex Ratios and Marriage, Cohabitation,
    Labor Supply, and Divorce: Time Trends
  2. Sex Ratios and Married Women's Labor
    Supply--Cross-City Comparisons

PART FOUR
Compensating Differentials in Marriage

  1. Compensating Differentials in Marriage and
    Married Women's Labor Supply, with
    Shoshana Neuman
  2. Compensating Differentials and Intermarriage

PART FIVE
Cohabitation, Divorce, and Polygamy

  1. A Theory of Cohabitation and Marriage Formality
  2. A Theory of Divorce and Labor Supply, with
    Michael C. Keeley
  3. A Theory of Polygamy

PART SIX
Marriage, Productivity, and Earnings

  1. Investments in Spouse's Productivity at Work
  2. A Market Theory of Virtue as General Human Capital
  3. A Study of Spousal Help Among Israeli Managers,
    with Dafna N. Izraeli and Shoshana Neuman
  4. Religiosity and Investments in Spousal Productivity,
    with Shoshana Neuman

CONCLUSION

References

About the Book and Author

NOTE: PRINTED VERSION HAD AN INDEX.