consequences of family support policy and stress the need for well-defined policy goals and careful analysis ahead of any reform. …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …

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 …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced …

the family home, post-separation has remained unique to marriage. We provide a model where husbands can "ante up" the …Marriage used to be practically universal, but now persists as an institution for only some groups, while others choose … non-marital fertility. This paper posits that if one role of marriage is to insure one partner's investment in children …

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 …