Group Project #3
- Topics
Topic 5: Marriage Market
Topic 6: Marriage Tax/Bonus and Economics of Divorce
Groups 7~9 will present in class in addition to submitting the reports. Group 7 is designated Topic 5, Group 8 is designated Topic 6. Group 9 has the freedom to choose either one topic. Please use slides for the presentation.
All other groups can choose either one of the two topics and submit a report on May 1. Everyone should be prepared to discuss and share their applications and findings in class.
- Suggestions
Below are suggestions of what you can think about. You are by no means constrained by the suggestions provided here. Be creative and surprise me!
Topic 5: Marriage Market
- Applications
- Discuss different countries’ social norms about what are expected from women within a marriage, and how that have changed over time, and what the causes are.
- Find countries that have a very imbalanced sex ratio, and find out the reason for it. Analyze how such a sex ratio imbalance could affect the well-being of women within marriage.
- Find any news articles describing the change in the marriage market over time, and use the supply and demand framework to analyze it.
- Personal experience of how women are treated within marriage or the dating scene, and analyze using the marriage market theory.
- Extended Knowledge
- You can either start by coming up with a new question and then search for a paper that answers the question, or you can search in https://scholar.google.com/ the key words related to this topic, such as “marriage market” and find a relevant article you finding interesting and would like to share.
- Find an economics article that discusses marriage market or marriage behavior.
Topic 6: Marriage Tax/Bonus and Economics of Divorce
- Applications
- Find new articles that discuss marriage tax and bonus.
- Personal experience of marriage tax/bonus affecting the marriage decision.
- Find journal articles comparing the change in divorce rate over time across countries.
- Extended Knowledge
- Find a recent research that explains the change in divorce rate.
- Find a research that analyzes the effect of marriage tax/bonus.