"The institution of marriage plays some role in determining one's risk of exposure to HIV. Since the transmission of … their human capital in the future, more education implies earlier marriage, given that the marriage institution effectively … decreases the HIV-related mortality risk. On the other hand, education increases the opportunity costs of marriage especially …

Philippine Labor Force Survey support that family arrangement to tighten commitment between daughters and parents keeps a high …

Human fertility is likely to affect agricultural production through its effect on the supply of agricultural labor … Uganda—a country that combines a dominant agricultural sector with one of the highest fertility rates in the world. We found … that fertility has a sizable negative effect on household labor allocation to subsistence agriculture. Households with …

period during their marriage, which may lead to a higher fertility rate. However, the second implication should be discounted …"This paper examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among … women in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in …

human fertility. Little comprehensive research, however, has been done on the effects of those technologies themselves on … human fertility leaving unanswered the question of whether particular types of agricultural technologies were actually … agricultural change (from 1961 to 1981) and changes in human fertility (from 1971 to 1981) to assess the impact of the former on …

place despite declining fertility rates and identify a number of factors. Well-designed population policies are broad in … discrimination against women and improve the lives of children, as well as those seeking to reduce fertility and population growth …. Mutually reinforcing investments in family planning, reproductive health, and a range of socioeconomic measures operate …

skill in adulthood, have better outcomes in the marriage market, earn higher wages and are more likely to be employed in …