A Brief Survey of the Literature on the Economic Analysis of Marriage and Divorce

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Becker Gary , “A Theory of Marriage: Part II”. J. Political Economy, 82(2), March/April 1974, S11–S26.

→ Becker Gary ,“A Theory of Social Interactions”, J. Political Economy, 82(6), Dec. 1974, 1063–1093.

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Bell C. S. , “Age, Sex, Marriage and Jobs”, The Public Interest, 30, Winter 1973. 76–87.

Benham Lee , “Benefits of Women's Education Within Marriage”, J. Political Economy, Part II, 82(2), March/ April 1974,S57–S71.

Bowen W. G. Finegon T. A. , The Economics of Labor Force Participation, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.

Cain Glen , Married Women in the Labor Force: An Economic Analysis, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1966.

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Finegan T. A. , “Participation of Married Women in the Labor Force”, in Sex, Discrimination and the Division of Labor, Lloyd C. B. , ed., New York: Columbia University Press, 1975.

→ Freiden Alan , “The United States Marriage Market”, J. Political Economy, Part II, 82(2), March/April 1974, S34–S53.

Grant H. T. Workman Randy L. Neal G. A. , “Labor Force Participation and Family Formation: A Study of Working Mothers”, Demography, 13(1), Feb. 1976.

Hajnal John , “The Marriage Boom”, Population Index, 19, 80–101.

Johnson S. B. , “The Impact of Women's Liberation on Marriage, Divorce, and Family Life Style”, in Sex, Discrimination and the Division of Labor, Lloyd C. B. , ed., New York: Columbia University Press, 1975.

Kahne Hilda , “Economic Perspectives on the Role of Women in the American Economy”, Journal of Economic Literature, 12(4), Dec. 1975, 1249–1292.

Keeley Michael C. , “A Model of Marital Formation: The Determinants of the Optimal Age at First Marriage and Differences in Age at Marriage”, Ph.D. dissertation. University of Chicago, 1973.

Kirk Duedley , “The Influence of Business Cycles on Marriage and Birth Rates”, in NBER, Demographic and Economic Change in Developed Countries. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1960.

Luzicka Ladislaw T. , “Nuptiality and Fertility of Birth Cohorts”, Demography, 11(3), Aug. 1974, 397–406.

McFarland David , “Comparison of Alternative Marriage Models”, in Grenville T. N. E. , ed., Population Dynamics, New York: Academic Press, 1972, pp. 89–106.

Michael Robert , “Why Has the U. S. Divorce Rate Doubled Within the Decade?”, paper presented at the Population Association of America, meeting in St. Louis, April 1977.

Mincer Jacob , “Labor Force Participation of Married Women: A Study of Labor Supply”, in Aspects of Labor Economics, by the NBER, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1962, pp. 63–105.

Mincer Jacob Polancheck S. W. , “Family Investments in Human Capital: Earnings of Women”, J. Political Economy, Part II, 82(2), March/April 1974, S76–S108.

Mishan H. V. , “The Marriage Squeeze”, Demography, 11(2), May 1974, 291–299.

Nerlove Marc Schultz Paul T. , Love and Life Between Censuses. A Model of Family Decision Making in Puerto Rico. 1950–1960. RM-6322-AID, Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 1972.

→ Oppenheimer Helene K. “The Life-Cycle Squeeze: The Interaction of Men's Occupational and Family Life Cycles”, Demography, 11(2), May 1974, 227–245.

→ Preston Samuel H. Richard A. T. , “The Influence of Women's Work Opportunities on Marriage Rates”, Demography, 12(2), May 1975, 209–222.

Rheinstein Max , Marriage Stability. Divorce and the Law, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1972.

Santos Fredericka , “The Economics of Marital Status”, in Lloyd C. B. , ed., Sex, Discrimination and the Division of Labor, New York: Columbia University Press, 1975.

Sawhill I. V. Ross H. L. MacIntosh A. , “The Family in Transition”, Working Paper No. 776–02, The Urban Institute, Sept. 15, 1973.

Schultz Theodore , ed., Marriage, Family Human Capital and Fertility, NBER, 1975.

→ Silver Morris , “Births, Marriages and Business Cycles in the United States”, J. Political Economy, 73, June 1965, 237–255.

Silver Morris , “Births, Marriages, and Income Fluctuations in United Kingdom and Japan”, Economic Development and Cultural Change. 14, April 1966, 302–315.

→ Sobol M. G. , “A Dynamic Analysis of Labor Force Participation of Married Women of Childbearing Age”, Journal of Human Resources, 8(4), Fall 1973, 497–505.

Sweet J. A. , Women in the Labor Force, New York: Seminar Press, 1973.

U.S. Dept. of Labor, Manpower Report of the President, Washington, D. C., U.S.G.P.O., 1974.

Venieries P. Y. Sebold F. D. ad Harper R. D. , “The Impact of Economic, Technological and Demographic Factors on Aggregate Births”, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 55(4) November 1973, 493–497.

→ Weed James A. , “Age at Marriage as a Factor in State Divorce Rate Differentials”, Demography, 11(3), Aug. 1974, 361–376.