Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two …-stage game-theoretical model. The paper examines the effects of (i) family law (cost of obtaining a divorce, alimony … children equally between them, while the predominant pattern in developing countries is for the father to specialize in market …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two …-stage game-theoretical model. The paper examines the effects of (i) family law (cost of obtaining a divorce, alimony … children equally between them, while the predominant pattern in developing countries is for the father to specialize in market …

utility from children in the case of divorce, lower fertility increases the probability of divorce. Using Spanish data and RDD … more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of …

also an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline –albeit non-significant– in the number of marriages. While … there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …

also an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline –albeit non-significant– in the number of marriages. While … there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior …

the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …, how many children to have and subsequently whether to stay together or separate. We make precise the idea that cooperation … in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed among …

This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy’s fertility rate and family structure … competition lead to a shift towards family, with more parental leave and higher fertility as well as more marriages and fewer …–if the worker is a woman. The female biological clock–low fertility beyond the early forties–is central to this gender …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap …. College educated women marry later, have fewer children, are less likely to view marriage as financial security, are happier …

and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers …