We attended a marriage market. It's inside People's Park, a wooded expanse of the giant city of Shanghai. This is a scene. AOWEN CAO: Yeah. INSKEEP: There's hundreds of people here. China's birth ...

Information of unmarried adults and request of desired partners are displayed at the marriage market in Shanghai. Credit: Sanghee Liu By mid-morning on a Saturday, the People’s Park in Shanghai ...

WHY are countless educated Pakistani women single? Gary Becker’s economic theory of marriage can provide an answer. A Nobel laureate, Becker revolutionised family dynamics by applying economic ...