@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8831, author={Greenwood, Jeremy and Guner, Nezih and Kocharkov, Georgi and Santos, Cezar}, title={Technology and the Changing Family: A Unified Model of Marriage, Divorce, Educational Attainment and Married Female Labor-Force Participation}, year={2015}, month={Feb}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8831}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8831}, abstract={Marriage has declined since 1960, with the drop being bigger for non-college educated individuals versus college educated ones. Divorce has increased, more so for the non-college educated. Additionally, positive assortative mating has risen. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married female labor-force participation is developed and estimated to fit the postwar U.S. data. Two underlying driving forces are considered: technological progress in the household sector and shifts in the wage structure. The analysis emphasizes the joint role that educational attainment, married female labor-force participation, and assortative mating play in determining income inequality.}, keywords={household production;married female labor supply;education;assortative mating;marriage and divorce;inequality}, }