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 …

early-marrying women over a span of three decades. We find that the practice of child marriage has become much less … marriage is increasingly concentrated among women who are older and less educated and those belonging to poor, rural households …Child marriage is still widespread in countries across the Indian Subcontinent. The practice has important consequences …

Muslim women. The policy leads to a consistent drop in the probability of marriage and cumulative births for Muslim women … of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data …

valuing these skills and compensating employees according to their observed productivity. Both men and women exhibit these …

after mar- riage, and about 37% of Pakistani married women give birth to their first child within twelve months of marriage …An aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic that merits attention is its effects on marriage and childbirth. Although the direct … lockdown, such as that imposed in Pakistan from March 14 to May 8 2020, and the closure of marriage halls that lasted till …

This study explores the role of individual and local marriage market characteristics in whether recently wed U ….S. natives and immigrants whose spouse is a "marriage migrant" (someone who arrived in the U.S. the same year as the marriage … spouse characteristics associated with having a marriage-migrant spouse. There appear to be several advantages to marrying a …

card. We examine the effect of those policy changes on Chinese immigrants' marriage market outcomes relative to other East … spousal chain migration occurred. We also find that highly educated Chinese immigrants benefited in the marriage market in …-born women became relatively more likely to marry a U.S. native. …