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 … that marriage by the median age reduces the probability of working for women by 47 percent in Jordan, 33 percent in Tunisia …

. The third is to investigate the potential impacts of the Marriage Bar on women's behavior with respect to employment …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 …

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. …

"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 …

regression discontinuity estimator based on children's birth months, we find a sizable effect of childcare attendance on women … attendance differ by women's characteristics and are particularly strong for younger, more educated women. Furthermore, childcare …

employment and earnings of women, there is little evidence focusing on the post-communist region. This paper exploits the latest … probability of female employment relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six … family and female employment in Mongolia in 2016. We examine the availability of childcare, social norms and attitudes …

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 …

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