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 …

experienced by men married to younger wives and women married to younger husbands within 6 to 10 years of marriage. A possible …We investigate how the marital age gap affects the evolution of marital satisfaction over the duration of marriage … with older wives. Interestingly, women likewise tend to be more satisfied with younger husbands and less satisfied with …

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 …

with partnership problems only for older women in cross sections, but for younger ones in fixed-effects specifications. In … superior partnership alternatives for women who out-earn their partners. …

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 …

marriage bonus, which is economically significant in eight European countries, decreases the work incentives for women and … marriage bonuses contribute to a lock-in effect, where second earners, typically women, are incentivised to work less, with … of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the labour supply of married couples. For each married partner, we …

the marriage market. Meanwhile, China has more smokers than any other country, with half of men smoke while few women … for children’s marriage. This paper investigates how a demographic factor - a large number of surplus men in the marriage … demonstrate this pattern. Coping with the marriage market pressure is a more plausible pathway linking the observed skewed sex …

across a variety of modeling choices and attempts to account for endogeneity. We argue that the pattern fits theoretical …