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THE SOCIO‐ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE: A REVIEW OF RECENT EVIDENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES
Author(s) -
Schwartz Joel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2005.00571.x
Subject(s) - commit , institution , social benefits , health benefits , development economics , economics , criminology , political science , economic growth , psychology , demographic economics , medicine , law , materials science , database , tailings , computer science , metallurgy , traditional medicine
In this essay I summarise recent evidence demonstrating that marriage is an institution of great social significance, one that offers economic and health benefits to married adults and similar benefits to their children. Many of these benefits can plausibly be ascribed to the changes in behaviour that ensue when men and women commit to one another in marriage.