Africans aged 20-40 makes us believe that shortage of marriageable men may explain marriage patterns. Economic theory predicts …This paper studies the effects of local marriage markets on South African women’s marital decisions. The analysis is … all these never married mothers have no access to their fathers' resources. The low sex ratio of 92 men to 100 women among …

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

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 …Interventions that aim to change outcomes for women and children typically target women. Yet in contexts where men are …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a … different way. Men with brothers earn more and are more likely to get married and have children than men with sisters. Women …

significantly reduced university attendance by women relative to men. Additionally, we find that the policy had a negative impact on …

that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected … industries, working in the family firm or farm. …