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 …

This paper investigates the impact of income shocks and bride price on early marriage in Turkey. The practice of bride … prevalence of bride price. Compared to women who experienced the same shock but lived in a province where bride price is … infrequent, such women are also more likely to give birth to their first child before 18 and for those who married religiously …

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 …

"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 …

representative household survey for two cohorts of married women, I examine female CUA incidence and correlates in Bangladesh … focusing on the role of education. Female CUA is found to differ substantially across cohorts, with women from the younger … cohort being far more likely to have complete autonomy over contraceptive use than women from the older cohort. Detailed …

builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … that marriage by the median age reduces the probability of working for women by 47 percent in Jordan, 33 percent in Tunisia … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage …

theoretical model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets …Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by …

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 …