tending to be observed more and more frequently outside the formal framework of marriage. In both cases, the fact that women …Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an … economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women …

marriage, a marital practice still very widespread in West Africa, on child mortality in Senegal. Finally, the third essay … in the region, on women and children’s welfare. …

returns to education in all the cities considered. Besides, not controlling for the endogeneity of education leads to biased …