women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i … legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …

compare the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were required to leave employment on marriage because of the … certain sectors and jobs were required to leave their jobs once they married. The majority of women affected by this "Marriage … Marriage Bar to the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were not required to do so.It is found that the …

differential effects of women's ability and charm on female match incentives. We use these results to assess the separate impacts … of the arrival of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and the advent of the contraceptive pill on female …

market wages earned by high-BMI women, but rather lower spousal transfers to married women or lower expected intra-marriage …Higher body-weight (BMI) can affect labor supply via its effects on outcomes in both labor markets and marriage markets … expect that higher BMI will increase willingness to supply labor in labor markets, especially for women. We use US panel data …

employment share of low-educated female workers but had smaller and transitory effects on the employment of low-educated men. In … during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … in marriage formation …

Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does … this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative … assess the policy implications of these models. We find that targeting transfers to women can have unintended consequences …

– both own education and that of parents – in delaying marriage and fertility of young women …Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among …

– both own education and that of parents – in delaying marriage and fertility of young women …Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among …

Dominant development policy approaches recommend women's employment on the grounds that it facilitates their … relationship between women's employment status and their well-being as measured by freedom from marital violence yields an … Uttar Pradesh, to examine the effect of women's employment and asset status as measured by their participation in paid work …