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Author: Rotz, Dana
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1. Rotz, Dana
Essays on the Economics of the Family
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, Harvard University, 2012
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Divorce; Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

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In my first essay, I explore the extent to which the rise in age at marriage can explain the rapid decrease in divorce rates for cohorts marrying from 1980 to 2004. Three different empirical approaches all demonstrate that an increase in women's age at marriage can explain at least 60 percent of the decline in the hazard of divorce since 1980. I further develop and simulate an integrated model of the marriage market to demonstrate that monotone decreases in gains to marriage could lead to both the initial rise in divorce and its subsequent fall.
Bibliography Citation
Rotz, Dana. Essays on the Economics of the Family. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, Harvard University, 2012.
2. Rotz, Dana
Why Have Divorce Rates Fallen? The Role of Women's Age at Marriage
Journal of Human Resources 51,4 (Fall 2016): 961-1002.
Also: http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/4/961
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Divorce; National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG); Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

American divorce rates rose from the 1950s to the 1970s peaked around 1980, and have fallen ever since. The mean age at marriage also substantially increased after 1970. I explore the extent to which the rise in age at marriage can explain the decrease in divorce rates for cohorts marrying after 1980 using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and National Survey of Family Growth. Three different empirical approaches suggest that the increase in women's age at marriage is the main proximate cause of the fall in divorce rates.
Bibliography Citation
Rotz, Dana. "Why Have Divorce Rates Fallen? The Role of Women's Age at Marriage." Journal of Human Resources 51,4 (Fall 2016): 961-1002.