bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced …

among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …

in men and women - after four years or longer, about twice the gain associated with marriage (controlling for weight … marriage or cohabitation do not necessarily include a healthier BMI. They also suggest that relationship transitions …

's family at the time of marriage. In principle this payment is supposed to compensate the girl's family for her loss, but in …The selection of a marriage partner is normally determined by customary preference, economic circumstances, and … geographic considerations. Marriage arrangements in villages and among the lower and traditional middle classes of urban areas …

in American marriage rates, which over this same time period has been dramatic. Today, children living with only one … marriage rates. But the theoretical explanations for this connection assume a persistence in traditional gender roles in … marriage. Part II, the main body of the paper, finds that both employment data and attitude surveys, domestic and international …

exploit the Family Law Amendment Act, introduced in Australia in 2008, as an exogenous shock to the cost of exiting …

increase in the likelihood of being divorced of 11.7 percent at ten years of marriage. For people between the ages of 35 and 55 …