The many other factors affecting marriage costs, such as the economic strength of residents, the different types of housing, and aspects of the surrounding environment, are measured in the residual items. J Dev Econ 143:102389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102389, Musick K, Brand J, Davis D (2012) Variation in the relationship between education and marriage: marriage market mismatch? Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage By Richard Fry and D'Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center Executive Summary The institution of marriage has undergone significant changes in recent decades as women have outpaced men in education and earnings growth. G. S. Becker. Another new finding comes from Dupuy and Galichon (2014) on the importance of compatibility in a relationship. 0000086821 00000 n 0000065065 00000 n abstract expressionism and surrealism similarities. 59 0 obj Laws and attitudes about marriage and divorce 3. 0000002907 00000 n PubMed Central Our results point to a pro-cyclical behavior of, Any expressed of the and of IZA. The average marriage rate in China is 7.7929, a low number that will not only increase the ratio of the aging population in China (because fewer people are having children) but will also worsen the gender imbalance. Humankind has existed for hundreds of thousands of years. J Political Econ 122(6):12711319, Das Gupta M, Shuzhuo L (1999) Gender bias in China, South Korea and India 19201990: effects of war, famine and fertility decline. 0000001268 00000 n In other words, the higher the housing price, the higher the divorce rate (Duan, 2017). 0000001465 00000 n To obtain 0000005137 00000 n Anderson S (2003) Why dowry payments declined with modernization in Europe but are rising in India. Housing prices (HOUSE_PRICE): This variable is the primary focus of the paper. There are three kinds of economic theories of marriage: marxist theories, neo-classical theories, and game theories. 2 shows the sex ratio of 31 provinces in China in 2021. Another determining factor that has reduced the marriage rate is an imbalance in the sex ratio, with more men than women, as a result of Chinas one-child policy. As shown in Fig. Less Abortion: Marriage protects human life, as married women are less likely to abort their children than unmarried women. Leora Friedberg and Steven N. Stern. Among other policies in recent years, the Chinese government has introduced the two-child policy and the recently implemented Marriage Law to address the imbalance between supply and demand in the marriage market. However, it is not possible to state that regions with higher GDP levels or higher percentages of educated people are more likely to reach equilibrium in the marriage market. The higher an individuals income level, the more likely he is to enjoy life as a bachelor. When kingdoms weren't being annexed [] The second set of statistics portrays the influence of those same variables from 2016 to 2020, after the implementation of the two-child policy. Publishers note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. The map in Fig. This reflects the more deeply rooted preference for sons in rural areas and among minority ethnicities. Internet Explorer). Our regression results indicate that marriage rate is closely related to many factors in China. An imbalanced sex ratio is a common issue in some Asian countries where sons are preferred over daughters at birth. 0000008001 00000 n So, he may be reluctant to face the challenges of married life. %PDF-1.4 % 0000004894 00000 n We, therefore, hypothesise that housing prices are negatively correlated with marriage rates, such that higher housing prices are associated with fewer people being willing to marry. We analyze the role of the marriage contract. Career ambition seems to be an undesirable trait in the marriage market, even though the ability of single women to work is no different from that of married women (Maristella and Aloysius, 2003). The Marriage Law was revised in 2014, further clarifying the legal protection of property in marriage. From our theoretical model, increasing the cost of marriage to buy a house is unfavourable because it will reduce happiness in the marriage. The imbalance between the male and female population will increase the cost of finding a marriage partner, thus upsetting the equilibrium of the marriage market. An imbalance in the sex ratio is another determining factor in the marriage market and has an even bigger effect than a rise in housing prices. When housing prices continue to rise, a housing bubble is difficult to avoid. The first is to summarise the arguments provided by government officials and employers to justify both the introduction and the retention of Marriage Bars. << /Type /Catalog /Pages 36 0 R >> endobj We draw on the family economic theory of Gary Becker to study the general equilibrium of the marriage market in China. According to the foregoing discussion, the marriage market is no longer in equilibrium. There is a brief discussion of the contractual basis of marriage and of some of the current proposals for reform in this area. The cost of marriage varies significantly and shows different characteristics across countries and regions (Rao, 1993). << /Length 37 0 R >> stream 38 0 obj J Econ Hist 59(1):68103, Hu J, Li W (2019) Post-90s: is it necessary to have a house for marriage? Whether entering college or entering the workforce, these lucky people will need to put more effort into competing with their peers. in july 2015, the united nations human rights council unanimously adopted a resolution to "eliminate child, early and forced marriage" and the sustainable development goals specifically includes the elimination of child marriage as one of its targets (5.3) within the broader goal of gender equality.1international organisations, and ngos have startxref Figure shows the regional distribution of gender imbalance in the 31 provinces studied in this article in the form of a map. It is generally accepted internationally that housing prices are reasonable at between 3 and 6 times the average annual income. To simplify the model, it is assumed that the marriage market can be divided into several homogeneous secondary marriage markets according to regional marriage customs, religious beliefs, national characteristics, and personal appearance. The sex ratio may be greatly affected by the implementation of the two-child policy. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the articles Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. 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As the externalities considered in this paper lead to people paying more for marriage, they are considered negative externalities. Based on the family economic theory of Gary Becker ( 1974 ), we study the general equilibrium of the marriage market in China, the increased cost of marriage, and the government's attempts to. Abstract: This highly innovative and intriguing book applies principles of microeconomics to unusual settings to inspire students, teachers and scholars alike in the 'dismal science'. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Economics of. By incorporating the concept of spousal labor into her theory, the author derives many new hypotheses regarding various aspects of marriage, divorce, and cohabitation, thereby improving our understanding of the institution of marriage. Sociol Res 2003:4. Thus, if the couple divorced, the marital house would be divided equally. Julie M. Zissimopoulos, Benjamin R. Karney and Amy J. Rauer (2015), 'Marriage and Economic Well Being at Older Ages', Review China is the only country in the world with a family planning policy. However, it is quite simple to see from the above expression that the increasing cost of marriage (PCij) will break the balance in the competitive market. 206 0 obj<>stream As shown in Fig. It is considered a cultural universal, [citation needed] but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Rising housing prices over the past two decades have become a deterrent to marriage, as reported in this study. This may have something to do with peoples lifestyles. Drawing on a national household survey from the Cote d'Ivoire, the, View 2 excerpts, references background and results, By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our. The changes to the Marriage Law protect husbands property and ease their financial worries if they want a divorce. Some scholars predict a housing bubble in Chinas property market, which could lead to a loss of confidence not only in the economy but also in marriage. Economics of marriage and divorce. The preference for sons can be so ingrained that some parents will decide whether to abort based on the sex of a foetus, which further widens the difference in numbers between the sexes. Meanwhile, it is essential to grant clear property rights to property owners. 0000063732 00000 n 0000001246 00000 n Therefore, the government should pay attention to properly protecting womens rights when amending the Marriage Law. Advocates of marriage promotion policies cite a large body of evidence pointing to Now aged in their late forties, these products of the one-child policy must take care of as many as four elderly parents as well as their own children. 0000086871 00000 n Meanwhile, it is difficult to reduce housing prices or even realise the relative equilibrium of the housing market through policy adjustment. It is, therefore, necessary for the Chinese government to introduce new policies to reduce or prevent housing bubbleswhich it has been working to do by implementing the two-child policy in October 2015 and the new Marriage Law in 2014. According to the results of the seventh population census released by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, the average annual population growth rate from 2010 to 2021 is 0.53%. For instance, with rapid economic growth in India and China, the cost of marriage in these countries has been increasing, while it is decreasing in European countries (Rao, 1993). These unequal gains have been accompanied by gender role reversals in both bmx;sJ+2>'l_\PBE8`;QW8^ @Ccpdkz$x;n2vUU4/*j(@&aY'uz[I!0/%-^SVDZSCtrgw~>(EW@!n}EnI;J7s"S# EAF Indeed, marriage may actually worsen rather than ease economic hardship (Lichter, Graefe, and Brown 2001; Edin 2000). Median earnings of full-year female workers in 2007 were 71% of earnings of comparable men, compared with 52% in 1970. A higher income makes people less likely to get married. The studies fell into roughly five, unevenly sized groups: family structure, relationship quality, division of labor . A feminist economics perspective Thank you for visiting nature.com. 0000020942 00000 n The coefficient of each variable also verifies the hypotheses, especially regarding the effect of housing prices on marriage market equilibrium. After the end of the two-child policy in May 2022, China began to fully implement the three-child policy to optimise the population structure and solve the aging problem. It is closely related to the law and economics of marriages and households. We develop and estimate an economic model of nonmarital, The failure of many divorced fathers to comply with court-mandated child support awards has been identified as a major reason why a growing number of children live in poverty in female-headed, The McElroy-Horney Nash-bargaining model of family demand behavior relaxes the restriction that nonearned income of husband and wife had the identical effect on family labor supply and commodity, This paper revisits the evidence on the impact of unilateral divorce laws on divorce rates in the United States. According to a recent survey (Hu and Li, 2019), two-thirds of the post-1990 generation entering marriageable age still hold the view that a house is necessary for marriage, even if they are unwilling to take on a large mortgage. For example, parents in India are willing to pay larger dowries to improve the economic position of their daughters in their married life, but this increase in dowries has exacerbated domestic violence (Anderson, 2007). 0000001682 00000 n They find a positive correlation between house prices and divorce rates. The authors declare no competing interests. Hamilton (2009) points out that domestic work is important to a wife, because the wifes personal contribution to the family, such as domestic labor, helps her gain an advantageous position in the prenuptial property contract. (Jul. - Aug., 1973), pp. 81, No. This problem is particularly significant in China, where the house paid for by the husband is regarded after marriage as the common property of the husband and wife (Zheng and Yang, 2003). 0000007807 00000 n Another determining factor that has reduced the marriage rate is an imbalance in the sex ratio, with more men than women, as a result of Chinas one-child policy. To show the difference between the genders more intuitively, the number of males and females in a sample of the Chinese population in recent years is presented in a bar chart in Fig. In contrast to Gary Beckers economic theory, this means that rational marriage market participants will make other choices, that couples who had planned to get married will delay or give up marriage, and that even couples who were married will choose divorce. Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. Correspondence to The preference for sons and the one-child policy widens the numerical gap between men and women, and the uneven sex ratio further contributes to the rise in housing prices. This is page i Printer: Opaque this Family Economics Martin Browning Oxford University Pierre-Andr Chiappori Columbia University Yoram Weiss Tel Aviv University H :8q,jaUG|9vfA.SHr y_\8\Ab*!sjPMt~n)l`agk4qY'>i4 The debt leverage ratio of Chinese families is rising along with housing prices, and although the rigidity of demand is very severe in Chinas real estate market, the speed with which real estate developers increase housing prices exceeds the rise in peoples purchasing power, which may present a major risk to the real estate market and even endanger the broader economy. Worse still, the cost of marriage in these countries continues to rise. 0000020340 00000 n Anderson (2007) provides two reasons for the increase in marriage costs: demographic change and social status. In Gary Beckers research, the marriage market can be divided into multiple sub-markets, such as monogamy, polygamy, and polyandry. For every 1000 yuan increase in property prices per square meter, the marriage rate falls by 0.3%. Thus, some parents offer a higher value dowry to show that their family is wealthy, helping secure their daughters future economic status in the family (Srinivasan and Bedi, 2007). Gao, Z., Pang, J. 0000026432 00000 n J Dev Econ 125:89104. As housing prices continue to rise, many young people opt out of marriage because they cannot afford to buy a house. With the decline of population growth rate as a result of the declining marriage rate, China starts to face many challenging issues, such as rising labor costs and population aging. 0000027574 00000 n The empirical analysis presented below elaborates on the relationship between the cost of marriage and housing prices in China. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. Abstract and Figures Marriage market imbalances are common in modern society for social and economic reasons, including the increased cost of marriage caused by high housing prices and an. I reviewed the 36 marriage and cohabitation studies from the Journal of Family and Economic Issues articles published between 2010-2019. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.08.005, Vinod HD (2007) Law of demand in dowry size, status of Indian women and recent wrong-headed policies. China has relaxed the one-child policy to allow a second child, yet it seems unlikely that the ideological preference for sons will be eradicated any time soon. Higher education ratio (EDUCATION_RATIO): People with higher education degrees have higher comprehensive quality. The higher the GDP per capita, the higher the marriage rate. 0000000016 00000 n Marriage markets have changed dramatically since Becker's (1973, 1974) seminal theory of marriage. This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The gains from marriage are derived from division of labor and. 0000003536 00000 n The major changes in matrimonial patterns in North America and Europe that we will highlight serve as a backdrop for the analysis we will introduce in the rest of the chapter. These influences are first reflected in housing prices. The activities, behaviour and decisions of men and women have a major impact on our economy. The Economics of Marriage 33. Our results are derived from an analysis of data from China, where the preferences of mothers-in-law are exacerbating the increase in housing prices. As the cost of divorce decreases, the likelihood of infidelity increases. It applies to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs. As shown in Table 4, on the premise that the regression results of both sets of data showed statistical significance, their coefficients changed greatly. Birth control and equal rights 2. Am Econ Rev 2003:9, Menon S (2020) The effect of marital endowments on domestic violence in India. Normal, but not natural. 0000064766 00000 n Am Econ Rev 101(3):615619, Feng M (2009) Looking Back over the past 30 years: An interview with Gu Yunchang, Vice President of China Real Estate Research Association. Around 2015, the Chinese government started to give families the choice to have a second child. Marriage payments are made not only as dowries from the family of the bride but also as betrothal gifts from the bridegrooms side. From 1996 to 2017, the Chinese average sex ratio stayed above 1.06 (the ratio is below 1.05 in 2017), meaning that 7 out of every 100 Chinese males could not find a marriage partner. %%EOF As an increase in housing prices makes it more difficult for men to find a marriage partner, the sex ratio should be inversely proportional to the marriage rate. In other words, if the sex ratio in a province is higher, the marriage market will be further from equilibrium. Foremost among these developments in both the United States and Western Europe have been the large changes in divorce rates, the decline in marriage rates, and the general weakening of the traditional family structure. 0000002376 00000 n China has a long way to go to shift away from its traditional prejudices. Marriage market equilibrium is the scenario in which every man and every woman in the market has made a rational choice, meaning that nobody wants to get out of or into a marriage. As the policy was introduced in the 1970s, most people born since then have no siblings. As mentioned above, an increase in the cost of marriage disrupts the equilibrium of the marriage market. Chapter 5 in Economics Uncut, 2005 from Edward Elgar Publishing. To obtain more accurate conclusions, a more sophisticated model is needed. At this point, the input budget of both parties can be expressed as Iij: The Pc in the formula refers to the number of betrothal gifts (or dowry) and PH to the price of family services. For example, the increasing sex ratio imbalance makes it more difficult for people to find suitable marriage partners, so the cost of marriage increases. 0000001465 00000 n The choice to abort is largely due to the one-child policy, which prevented many couples from having a daughter and then trying for a son. A study based on a follow-up survey of Chinese college students. The more disposable income per capita, the greater the desire and power to invest in improvements to the housing environment. and JavaScript. Considering the irreplaceable characteristics of betrothal gifts or dowry and family services, we can use Lyons utility function to describe that of marriage, as shown in formula (4). 0000005137 00000 n To make the model clearer, Table 1 lists the definitions and units of the various factors. Therefore, the Chinese government should prepare for potential social problems arising from the change in the fertility policy, such as support for the elderly, the aging of the population, and a decline in the employment rate. As the data are available on the National Bureau of Statistics website, we can be assured of their credibility and accuracy. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 9, 399 (2022). The cost of marriage has shown an upward trend in Asia and a downward trend in Europe (Anderson, 2003). Although the 2011 Marriage Law clarified the ownership status of premarital property, husbands still want to share their premarital property to demonstrate loyalty to the marriage; wives are also able to obtain property protection during the marriage. This policy has been implemented in different areas at different times, but local governments have taken a positive attitude toward it. 0000002376 00000 n FEMINIST ECONOMICS Feminist economics promotes economic equality between women and men. The national economic downturn is reinforcing these gender reversal trends, because it has hurt employment of men more than that of women. 206 0 obj<>stream The declining marriage rates are also related to the sex ratio of the population. endstream 1981. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 lays down the law for divorce. Standard errors are clustered at the province level. Therefore, we cannot ignore the impact of the one-child policy on the imbalance in the sex ratio. These traits are linked to other factors such as education, height, and body mass index (BMI). 813-846. Table 2 indicates that the maximum and minimum values of the marriage rates are 15.0463 and 1.6667, respectively. As a result, in the face of such pressure, more and more young people are deterred from marriage, leading to a further decline in the marriage rate. Interestingly, however, rising access to higher education has played a role in addressing the inequities in the marriage market. The ideological preference for sons is a key factor in the mother-in-law economy because in conjunction with Chinas one-child policy it has caused an imbalance in the sex ratio. We seek to investigate the effects of these policies and provide advice to policymakers on maximising social welfare. 0000002943 00000 n It is closely related to the law and economics of marriages and households. Due to the uneven distribution of institutions of higher learning in China, we also consider the relative number of institutions of higher learning in each region based on the number of people with higher education. However, the degree of compatibility is related to personality traits. 0000004894 00000 n This change makes it clear that the government realises the seriousness of the property rights problem and is attempting to address it. Most states switched from requiring mutual consent to allowing unilateral or no-fault, There is evidence from several sources that one cannot treat many-person households as a single decision maker. of marriage in Arsi Oromo. However, the implementation of these policies has not yet had obvious effects. A darker colour indicates a more unequal sex ratio, and the figures in the legend represent the number of men for every 100 women. From the regression results, we see that while housing prices had a negative impact on the marriage rate, the increase in housing prices after the implementation of the two-child policy further reduced the marriage rate. For example, Tibetans are more likely to marry people of the opposite sex who are also Tibetans. Table 2.34-- MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE RATES BASED ON RISK POPULATION: 1910 TO 1990 Females 15 years old and over 1/ Marriages 2/ Divorces 2/ Census year Unmarried 3/ Married 4/ Number Rate 5/ Number Rate 6/ 1910 9,667 31,380 2,112 218 210 7 . 0000004503 00000 n It can thus be concluded that higher levels of economic development are conducive to a higher marriage rate and help to maintain the balance of the marriage market in the long term. (2017) report that marriage can give people an economic boost, especially single women who do not want to be seen as ambitious before getting married. 36 0 obj 89 endobj The economics of marriage includes the economic analysis of household formation and break up, of production and distribution decisions within the household. We assume that men and women in the marriage market are rational in choosing whether to marry and that the choice between remaining single or getting married is entirely voluntary. In summary, an increase in marriage costs and an imbalance in the sex ratio have upset the balance of the marriage market. )b1 !!IQ4YkFg6P5 Op endobj Large dowries are associated with a series of negative consequences for women, such as domestic violence, exploitation, and abandonment. Marriage is a contract where the husband provides shelter and security in exchange for sexual . In some countries, increased marriage costs have led to the emergence of a series of social problems, such as domestic violence and a rising divorce rate (Das Gupta and Shuzhuo, 1999). As for the factor of GDP per capita, the data comparison between the two groups decreases from 0.000068 to 0.000033. These social problems can be viewed as externalities, which refer to costs (negative externalities) or benefits (positive externalities) that an individual or group does not choose. However, it can be predicted that those born because of the policy change will face stiffer competition than their older siblings due to the stretching of limited resources and the presence of more peers. The economics of marriage includes the economic analysis of household formation and break up, of production and distribution decisions within the household. Darker colors in the figure indicate a more serious gender imbalance. Nearly all of the studies used quantitative methods, and two-thirds of them used publicly available nationally-representative data. ThK=VeN{^KQ$tKKUbRKxP,%,b_asftf!bNe;Frti1F#xd_:y\ Anderson (2007) shows that in some countries, the payment for marriage can be as high as 30 years of expenses for a family. 0000003459 00000 n The policy encourages couples to marry and have children at a later age and have fewer and healthier children, with the aim of reducing the number of births and control overall population levels. J Marriage Fam 74(1):5369, Article From this, we can obtain the marriage utility function of i and j, such as Eq. & Zhou, H. The economics of marriage: Evidence from China. 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