This paper builds a world atlas of child penalties in employment based on micro data from 134 countries. The estimation … different regions of the world. The fraction of gender inequality explained by child penalties varies systematically with … gender inequality. Because parenthood is often tied to marriage, we also investigate the existence of marriage penalties in …

This chapter surveys the voluminous literature on household formation and marriage markets in developing countries. We … these factors are particularly important in poor countries, especially in a rural setting. We then focus on marriage, which … polygyny, we introduce bargaining and strategic bequest and discuss their implication for the equilibrium of the marriage …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …