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- 2020
- Working Paper
Sex Selection and the Indian Marriage Market
I consider the widespread phenomenon of sex ratios skewed by parental preference. Edlund (1999) proposes that if parents prefer sons and permit only women to marry up in social class, sexes will segregate by wealth in equilibrium. Using data on 30,000 Indian children,... View Details
Keywords: Sex Selection; Marriage Market; Bargaining Power; Gender; Information Technology; Household; Outcome or Result; India
Hussam, Reshmaan N. "Sex Selection and the Indian Marriage Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-029, September 2017. (Revised October 2020.)
- Summer 2025
- Article
Does Marriage Have a Future?
By: Debora L. Spar and Aryanna Garber
The article explores how technology is reshaping the institution of marriage, highlighting significant changes in societal norms and personal relationships. It discusses the decline in marriage rates in industrialized nations, particularly Japan and the United States,... View Details
Spar, Debora L., and Aryanna Garber. "Does Marriage Have a Future?" New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology & Society 81 (Summer 2025): 20–33.
- December 2014 (Revised January 2018)
- Background Note
Troubled Marriages
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox
Compilation of articles looking at merger integration strategies: "business marriages." Problems of culture, management style, and business goals are revealed. View Details
- 19 May 2012
- News
Speaking out against the marriage amendment
- 12 Feb 2015
- Video
Authentic Leadership and the Defense of Marriage Act
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
What happens when giant multinational corporations acquire relatively small companies that enjoy iconic status as socially progressive brands? According to recent research out of Harvard Business School, such marriages can be good for... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership and the Defense of Marriage Act
- 09 Jan 2018
- News
Facebook Score, Emotional Intelligence, Make Marriage Work
- 2012
- Working Paper
Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration
Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia. This phenomenon virtually did not exist in the early 1990s, but foreign brides currently comprise 4 to 35 percent of newlyweds in these developed Asian... View Details
Keywords: Immigration; Gender; Developing Countries and Economies; Education; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; East Asia; Japan; South Korea; Taiwan; Singapore
Kawaguchi, Daiji, and Soohyung Lee. "Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-082, March 2012.
- December 1984
- Article
Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem." Journal of Economic Theory 34 (December 1984): 383–387.
- 27 Jul 2009
- News
Is U.S.-China Economic Marriage on the Rocks?
- May 19, 2012
- Article
Bill George: Speaking Out Against the Marriage Amendment
By: Bill George
George, Bill. "Bill George: Speaking Out Against the Marriage Amendment." Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (May 19, 2012).
- 30 Aug 2012
- News
Marriages fail, but there'll always be wedding dresses
- 2015
- Working Paper
Marriage and the Marketplace: Dual-Career Couples in the 21st Century
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Marriage and the Marketplace: Dual-Career Couples in the 21st Century." Working Paper, February 2015.
- Forthcoming
- Article
Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives' Marriage and Fertility
By: Michela Carlana and Marco Tabellini
We study the effects of immigration on natives’ marriage, fertility, and family formation across U.S. cities between 1910 and 1930. Using a shift-share design, we find that natives living in cities that received more immigrants were more likely to marry, have children,... View Details
Carlana, Michela, and Marco Tabellini. "Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives' Marriage and Fertility." Journal of Economic History (forthcoming). (Winner of European Economic Association Young Economist Award, 2018. Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 9 Aug 2012
- Interview
Marriages Fail, but There'll Always be Wedding Dresses
By: Nancy F. Koehn and Sally Hership
"Marriages Fail, but There'll Always be Wedding Dresses." Marketplace, American Public Media, August 9, 2012.
- 11 Jul 2015
- News
Marriage Is Evolving. The 'Primates of Park Avenue’ Aren’t.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Competition and Resource Sensitivity in Marriage and Roommate Markets
By: Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus
We consider one-to-one matching markets in which agents can either be matched as pairs or remain single. In these so-called roommate markets agents are consumers and resources at the same time. We investigate two new properties that capture the effect a newcomer has on... View Details
Klaus, Bettina-Elisabeth. "Competition and Resource Sensitivity in Marriage and Roommate Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-072, December 2008.
- 02 Apr 2018
- News