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

"Going Solo" and is particularly evident among women who are the focus of our study. In this paper we investigate the … hypothesis that homeownership probabilities can be affected by marriage market expectations and pessimistic marriage market … that up to a certain threshold, the probability of homeownership decreases when the marriage market prospect indicator …

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 …

show substantial bonuses for married couples and four exhibit marriage penalties. On a micro level, we find that these … marriage bonuses/penalties differ substantially across household types and income. From a policy point of view, our results … suggest that the abolishment of marriage-related tax-benefit components in countries with marriage bonuses would leave some …

A Marriage Bar is the requirement that women working in certain jobs must leave that job when they marry. In the … required women to resign at marriage were introduced in several countries around the world, including Australia, Canada …. The third is to investigate the potential impacts of the Marriage Bar on women's behavior with respect to employment …

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 …

associated with a lower saving rate, consistent with the hypothesis that the relative under-supply of unmarried women generates a … less competitive marriage market for families with daughters vs. those with sons. As a result, such families have lower …

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. …