exogenous factors: family background, labor market and marriage market constraints. Changes in parental background are a key … are much more likely to graduate themselves. The marriage market also contributes: Women's chance of getting marriage …In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at the same rate, and this was true for Whites …

presence of conflicting family goals within a couple, and show that male scarcity (a decrease in the male to female sex ratio …

whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … treatment effects) and a large set of model specifications, and find significant evidence supporting the role of early marriage … in perpetuating disproportionate preference for boys. Women who married before turning 18 not only state a greater desire …

with sisters obtain lower education and give birth earlier than women with brothers. Our analysis shows that the family …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 …

bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by … World War II to identify the effects of unbalanced sex ratios on Russian women. Using unique data from the Soviet archives …

women's layoffs; reductions in fertility associated with men's layoffs; and increases in fertility associated with women …

This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … quarters of birth and socioeconomic attributes. Using the American Community Survey data 2010-2012, I show that white women … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …

marriage characteristics that are associated with inter-spousal communication. The paper presents first empirical evidence … critical role in marriage as it helps maintain quality relationship between spouses and directly contributes to marital …

- both own education and that of parents - in delaying marriage and fertility of young women. …Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among …

We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family … size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in … the effect of family size. We also exploit the fact that older mothers were less likely to become pregnant during the ban …