@article{THESIS,
      recid = {11847},
      author = {He, Yiyuan},
      title = {The Effect of the Great Recession on Marital Status and  Marital Sorting},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2024-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {We estimate the effect of the Great Recession (2007-2009)  on individuals' marriage decisions across the U.S. Using  one-year estimates from the American Community Survey  (2003-2015), we exploit state-level variations in labor  market conditions during the Recession to compare marital  status and sorting patterns between the pre- and  post-recession periods. We find that a one percentage point  increase in the unemployment rate during the Recession is  expected to increase the probability of individuals being  married by 1.1%, and to decrease the probability of  individuals being single to widow by 1.0%. According to the  Beckerian model of household production, our results  suggest that the Great Recession, on average, increases  household production surplus by lowering the market value  of individuals' time.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11847},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11847},
}