whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … have sharpened over time. The findings of this study underscore the role played by early marriage in altering the gender … treatment effects) and a large set of model specifications, and find significant evidence supporting the role of early marriage …

This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … both fertility and labour force participation are subject to multiple constraints. We observe that, while technological … fertility, policy has not achieved as much as it might. …

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 …

builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage …Marriage is a central stage in the transition to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This paper …

The growth of self-employment and in particular gig work may explain part of the declining fertility rates observed in … structural aspects of work types, as fertility-related social protection there does not discriminate between self-employment and … many countries. This study examines this question drawing on longitudinal data to compare women’s fertility, proxied by …

, pointing to the marriage-biased and gender-biased taxbenefit structures in the analysed countries. Our results suggest that … of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the labour supply of married couples. For each married partner, we … estimate their individual marginal effective tax rate and net replacement rate before and after marriage. We show that the …

sex ratio in World War II contributed to a lower decline in fertility and child mortality rates in postwar Japan. In … particular, the fertility rate would have fallen by an additional 12% and the child mortality rate by an additional 13% between …

separation or divorce. Yet, the results are entirely gender specific. When husbands earn performance pay, no association with …