An economic approach to marriage

Journal of Applied Economics

Marek Louzek¹ 

[1] Faculty of Economics, Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague 3, Czech Republic;

关键词: Marriage;    divorce;    monogamy;    polygamy;    sociobiology;   

DOI  :  10.1080/15140326.2022.2034469

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this paper is to outline an economic approach to marriage. The first part contains an introduction to the economics of a family. The second part analyses the marriage market. The third part discusses the division of household chores in a household. The fourth part examines marriage as a cooperative or non-cooperative game. The fifth part deals with the dilemma between monogamy and polygamy on marriage markets. The sixth part confronts the economics of marriage with the findings of sociobiology.

【 授权许可】

Unknown