For those who only see women (men) as curves...
1. A Theory of Marriage: Part I by Gary Becker (an attempt to explain behavior in marriage using economic models)
2. A Theory of Marriage: Part II by Gary Becker
3. Career and Marriage in the Age of the Pill, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz
(explores the effect of birth control pills on marriage and career choices)
4. For Love or Money--Or Both? by Nancy Folbre and Nancy Nelson
(tells us why market can't provide incentive to love, and therefore can't provide good quality elderly and child care)
5. Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Assortative Mating by John Ermisch et al (IZA)
(the main conclusion seems to be: how much you earn depends on how much your parents and your spouse's parents earn)
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