This paper studies the effects of import competition from China and Eastern Europe (EE) on the fertility decisions of … import competition to longitudinal individual data to examine individual fertility. Two separate measures of import exposure … remarkably during the panel years. Fixed-effects instrumental variable (FEIV) estimation results show that individual fertility …

of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data … their fertility to after-school years. We also document heterogeneity and show that the fertility effects are stronger for … Muslim women. The policy leads to a consistent drop in the probability of marriage and cumulative births for Muslim women …

An aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic that merits attention is its effects on marriage and childbirth. Although the direct … fertility effects of peo- ple getting the virus may be minor, the impact of delayed marriages due to the first preventive … lockdown, such as that imposed in Pakistan from March 14 to May 8 2020, and the closure of marriage halls that lasted till …

We investigate the impact of removals under the Secure Communities (SC) program on the marriage patterns of immigrant … women living in the U.S. where endogamous marriage is the dominant form of partnership. We focus on enforcement by MSA and … country of origin and find evidence that deportations increase overall marriage rates, increase the likelihood of endogamous …