%0 Journal Article %A Susan Payne Carter %A Abigail Wozniak %T Making Big Decisions %B The Impact of Moves on Marriage among U.S. Army Personnel %D 2023 %R 10.3368/jhr.59.1.0919-10429R1 %J Journal of Human Resources %P 713-754 %V 58 %N 3 %X We use exogenously determined, long-distance relocations of U.S. Army soldiers to investigate the impact of moving on marriage. In an event study analysis, we find that marriage rates increase sharply around the time of a move. Reduced-form exposure analysis reveals that an additional move over a five-year period increases the likelihood of marriage by 14 percent, a magnitude similar to those in observational data on civilians. Moves increase childbearing by a similar magnitude, suggesting that marriages induced by a move are formed with long-term intentions. We explore implications of our findings for theories of marriage related to search, bargaining, and decision-making costs. %U https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/wpjhr/58/3/713.full.pdf