marriage - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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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

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Goals and Objectives; Management Style; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges

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Educators

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

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

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

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27 Jul 2009
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Is U.S.-China Economic Marriage on the Rocks?

December 1984
Article

Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Problems and Challenges

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Find at Harvard

29 Aug 2020
News

How technology enabled women’s rights, and changed the institution of marriage

May 19, 2012
Article

Bill George: Speaking Out Against the Marriage Amendment

By: Bill George

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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

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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

Keywords: Immigration; Demographics; History; Employment

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9 Aug 2012
Interview

Marriages Fail, but There'll Always be Wedding Dresses

By: Nancy F. Koehn and Sally Hership

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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

Keywords: Competition; Marketplace Matching

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