Marriage in India is not just a personal milestone—it’s a social institution, a financial event and, in many ways, a ...

High society used their time in town to see and be seen at an endless whirl of balls, assemblies, dinners, and entertainments. In this way, the Season acted as a “ marriage market ” for the elite.

Despite gaining her PhD and building a successful career, Heejung felt ‘priced out’ of the marriage market in South Korea, as ‘men wanted to marry lower than their status.’ ...

The really significant marriage penalties in U.S. society occur in the more than 40 means-tested welfare programs that affect lower-income families with children.

Jane Austen’s Regency-era novels may seem worlds apart from present-day Bangladesh, but her insights into class, gender, and the marriage market remain startlingly relevant in a Bangladeshi society ...

The phenomenon of people in society’s upper strata talking left but walking right is especially easy to spot at elite universities, but it extends well beyond university culture.

“Marriage is a society’s lifeblood,” he wrote in a column in 2012 that largely argued that marriage is for procreation. “Not everybody can or will marry, but all of us (married or not ...

Marriage and family's importance to society differed among Biden and Trump supporters, according to a new Pew report of U.S. voters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson and Evan Vucci) ...

Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo, Shohei Yoda, Family Norms and Declining First-Marriage Rates, Demography, Vol. 60, No. 3 (June 2023), pp. 939-963 ...

Guest Host Alex Chadwick talks with author James Q. Wilson about his new book, The Marriage Problem. The book argues that the decline of marriage in America has had a harmful effect on society.