Family Structure

My Family Structure Interests

Papers

• • "Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce in a Model of Match Quality," with Michael Brien and Lee Lillard, International Economic Review, May 2006.

  • "Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce in Equilibrium," with Shannon Seitz (incomplete).

  • “The Economics of Marriage,” with Leora Friedberg, in Economics Uncut,

  • ed., Simon Bowmaker, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.

  • Marriage and Divorce with Leora Friedberg, Economics Uncut (see Canadian story).

  • "Marriage, Divorce, and Asymmetric Information," with Leora Friedberg, International Economic Review, November 2014. And some press coverage about it:

• • and a bunch of links in other languages:

• • "The Relationship Between Spouses' Wages Over Time," with Meg Carroll (U Wisc grad student) and HyunJae Kang (Stony Brook grad student), under submission.

  • "Alternative Methods to Test for Positive Assortative Mating," with Hyunjae Kang, under review.

  • "Lemons in the Marriage Market," with Yemiao Ke and Zhuotong Xie, under review.

National Survey of Families and Households

• • Info on Reasons to Cohabit and to Not Cohabit from the National Survey of Families and Households.

  • Info on Asymmetric Information in Marriage from the National Survey of Families and Households.

Other info

• • The right way to think about marriage.

• "Preliminary Report on Child Care Subsidies for the Commission on Children and Families," with Dan Becker.

• Interesting story about marital bargaining.

• News Story on LI Divorce Filings during Covid

Students Working on Family Structure from University of Virginia

• Chris Swann - 4/96. "A Dynamic Analysis of Marriage, Labor Force Participation, and Participation in the AFDC Program;" Snavely Award for Best Dissertation. Placement: University of Michigan, Department of Economics (Visiting Professor 1 year); State University of New York, Stony Brook (permanent).

• Fredrick Holt - 4/97. "The Family's Decision to Migrate: A Dynamic Analysis." Placement: Bureau of the Census.

• Michelle Sheran - 6/01. "The Career and Family Decisions of Women: A Dynamic Analysis of Labor Force Participation, Schooling, Marriage, and Fertility Decisions." Placement: University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

• Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy - 5/08. "A Bad Peace is Better Than a Good War: A Structural Model of Marital Disagreements." Placement: Iowa State Univerity.

• Mariusz Kolczykiewicz - 7/13. "The Impact of the Mother's Decision to Marry on Child Outcomes." Placement: Acumen.

• Chris Clapp - 7/13. "Should My Car Move or Should We? An Intra-Household Model of Residential and Commuting Choices." Placement: Florida State University.

• Jonathan Eggleston - 3/14. "Spousal Labor Supply and Unemployment: Estimates from a Household Search Model." Snavely Dissertation Proposal Surprise for 2012. Placement: US Bureau of the Census.

• Dina Guo - 10/16. "Happy Together or Home Alone? A Structural Model of the Role of Health Insurance in Household Joint Retirement." Placement: PNC Bank.

Students Working on Family Structure from Stony Brook University

• Wonho Yeon - 5/19. "Education and Time Allocation within Marriage: How Does Human Capital Affect Husband's Housework Time." Placement: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy.

• Weibo Zhou - 5/20. "Why is the U.S. College Graduation Rate so Low? An Examination of the Changing Role of Family Structure across Student Cohorts." Placement: Dalian Maritime University.

• Yemiao Ke - 6/24. "Female Labor Supply and Family Decisions." Placement: T-Mobile.

• Zhuotong Xie - 6/24. "Why is There a Change in the Degree of Educational Assortative Mating?" Placement: Freddie Mac

• Takahiro Moriya, "Online Dating and Consequences: Using Two-Sided Search Model."

• Kamini Jain, "Impact of Child Disability on the Family."

• Mansi Sharma, "Domestic Violence in India."