assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (rather than live births), which tend to occur around the birth of … drawn from SHARE, we show that although marriage has a negative effect on women's employment (3.3%), its magnitude is much … marriage or pregnancy, is responsible for women exiting the labor force upon motherhood. …

the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and …

This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …

-cognitive child development outcomes. We identify a strong positive association between mothers’ life satisfaction and their children …. Our findings suggest that mothers’ life satisfaction is beneficial for their children’s development at all ages and that it …

in Chile. Using eight rounds of household surveys, we find that adolescents who were born to teen mothers, those that … live in poor households and in single-mother families, are more likely to have children, while access to full-time high …

likelihood that adolescent girls become mothers. By increasing the number of hours spent in school, the reform curtails … mothers. We find that access to full-day schools reduces the probability of becoming an adolescent mother among poor families …

likelihood that adolescent girls become mothers. By increasing the number of hours spent in school, the reform curtails … mothers. We find that access to full-day schools reduces the probability of becoming an adolescent mother among poor families …

in Chile. Using eight rounds of household surveys, we find that adolescents who were born to teen mothers, those that … live in poor households and in single-mother families, are more likely to have children, while access to full-time high …