This paper studies the effects of different income transfers on individual welfare, in both marriage and divorce … losses derived from the marriage. We have also found that the donor of an intergenerational transfer can behave in a …

This paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of sociability on the age of marriage …. Theoretically, a more sociable individual has higher chances of finding a suitable partner for marriage early in life, and hence is … afford to be more selective in choosing a mate and therefore will tend to postpone marriage until the most suitable partner …

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 …

daughters, when the marriage market exhibits competitive dowry payments and altruistic but paternalistic parents benefit from …

marriage breakdown rates. We use this fundamental change in the Irish society as a natural experiment. We follow a difference …