current,but not the past, marriage. Second, domestic abuse is a dominant factor in thedivorce decision, which in turn is a …

This paper studies the effects of local marriage markets on South African women’s marital decisions. The analysis is … Africans aged 20-40 makes us believe that shortage of marriageable men may explain marriage patterns. Economic theory predicts … matter in the marital choice of women who have at least one child. Exposing African women to the White woman’s marriage …

edutainment intervention aimed at delaying marriage of adolescent children in rural Pakistan. Our treatment arms target men and … boys, women and girls, or both. We find that targeting men, or both genders jointly, significantly reduces child marriage …

that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected …

liberal areas were much less likely to experience a birth or marriage as a minor, invested more in education, and ended up in …

The obligation to pay bride wealth at marriage is usually associated with thecontinuation of the lineage or considered … and the period of timeduring which the claims provide security long. Like any informal insurancearrangement, the marriage …