This paper is the first of its kind to study utility interdependence in marriage using information on subjective well …

of marriage and two children as a typical family unit is negative for women in the labor force. … lower for less-educated women. As regards family formation, utility gains and losses from the first child are insignificant …This paper empirically examines the life-time joint decision problem of marriage, childbearing, and labor force …

recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women …. Because of paternal uncertainty, men unlike women may err in investing resources in offspring that is not biologically theirs …. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining …

In this paper, we raise the question of gender differences in the geographic mobility of young researchers. We try to … there differences among genders? Does “family” have an impact? Is the effect of family related variables similar among … genders? With a French survey, we find that if postdoc is as common for women as for men, females are less mobile …

Microfinance—both credit and savings—has potential to improve the well- being of poor women in developing countries …. This paper explores practical ways to achieve that potential. Based on lessons from informal saving mechanisms that women … already use, the paper proposes two savings services designed to address the development issues that confront women. The …

growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …

, especially in modern times. This paper shows that a marriage market equilibrium where women marry earlier in life than men can be … average age at first marriage and the pattern of the sex ratio of single men to single women over different age groups mimics …It is commonly observed that across societies and time, women tend to marry older men. The traditional explanation for …

presence of children increases the participation of men and reduces the participation of women suggests that the added …

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the work and family structure incentives of public assistance … more consistent with policy goals. And it discovers linkages between work and family structure incentives that may be … that allows interested readers to extend the analysis for the complete set of program participation/family characteristics …

resources within the family when there are several offspring. From a theoretical viewpoint, inter vivos transfers may be …