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

Table 4.1 Aspects of Marriage – Hypothesis Numbers

Table 11.1 Means and Standard Deviations in Two Sets of Data on Maiduguri, Nigeria, 1973

Table 11.2 Regressions of Number of Wives for Two Samples, Maiduguri, 1973

Table 11.3 Probit Regressions of Divorce, Cohen Data, Maiduguri, 1973

Other tables and figures are /available from the author upon request

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

3. A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets
   for Labor and Marriage
4. Theoretical Implications for Marriage

PART THREE
Sex Ratio Effects

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

PART FOUR
Compensating Differentials in Marriage

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

PART FIVE
Cohabitation, Divorce, and Polygamy

9. A Theory of Cohabitation and Marriage Formality
10. A Theory of Divorce and Labor Supply, with
    Michael C. Keeley
11. A Theory of Polygamy

PART SIX
Marriage, Productivity, and Earnings

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

CONCLUSION

References

About the Book and Author

NOTE: PRINTED VERSION HAD AN INDEX.