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marriage. We find no evidence that people born on the 13th or those born on Friday the 13th suffer any penalty that can be …
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This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to … women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …
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This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to … women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …
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This paper investigates the effect of education on the timing of marriage among Kenyan women and the relative effects … statistically significant and strong positive effect on a woman’s age at first marriage; the effect remaining robust in the … presence of a number of controls. The highly educated women are more likely to delay marriage. Significant variations in the …
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marriage. We find no evidence that people born on the 13th or those born on Friday the 13th suffer any penalty that can be …
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marriage. We find no evidence that people born on the 13th or those born on Friday the 13th suffer any penalty that can be …
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marriage. We find no evidence that people born on the 13th or those born on Friday the 13th suffer any penalty that can be …
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We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have 2...
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