We derive the behavioural implications of legislation on the subject of marriage, divorce, de-facto unions, domestic … children more or less equally between them. The other is that the sign of the cross-country correlation between fertility and …

of development (i.e., capital accumulation and declining fertility) exacerbated the tension in men's conflicting … their daughters. The model predicts that declining fertility would hasten reform of women's property rights whereas legal …

In a separate-property jurisdiction, marriage may induce domestic cooperation, and enhance efficiency in the production … when the children will no longer be economically dependent on them. In a community-property jurisdiction, marriage will … on the divorce rate. In a separate-property jurisdiction, it will encourage marriage, and induce more married women to …

The extensive research on the impact of educational attainment on fertility behavior has been expanded by a new …

. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of … marriage markets will naturally tend to be hypergamous - that is, a marriage is more likely to be beneficial to both parties … goes up. The model sheds light on how marriage affects the returns to human capital for men and women. Absent marriage …

in fertility levels. Changes in union formation and fertility levels, on the other hand, do have a significant impact on …

-cycle model in which agents make consumption, saving, labor force participation (LFP), and marriage and divorce decisions subject …

, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. What can explain this? It is argued … marriage and divorce is developed. Household production benefits from labour-saving technological progress. …