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 …

Children are increasingly recognized as secondary victims of intimate partner violence. This paper uses a unique UK …

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 … matter in the marital choice of women who have at least one child. Exposing African women to the White woman’s marriage …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, childrenś gender affects not only the … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …

labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We …

reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The reason is that a high penalty keeps relatively 'gutless' individuals from … relatively 'tough' individuals to commit moderately violent acts and so makes moderate violence more attractive for otherwise …