more children than cohabiting couples primarily because marriage provides stronger incentives for specialization in …

that family plays a crucial role as a source of gender differences in the labor market in Spain. By 2008, children are the …Our goal in this paper is to focus on highly educated men and women and try to explore the trade-offs between family … and working career in Spain, where changes in female behavior with respect to the labor market have been relatively recent …

conflict-affected countries. This module will enable researchers to address specific violence-related issues comparatively … survey designs in conflict-affected areas. We review existing conflict- and violence-related questionnaires, with a special … in order to deepen the understanding of the nature of violent conflict and the channels whereby conflict and violence …

contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous … first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world … increases in violence after prohibition in areas with: (i) higher share of mahogany exports before prohibition; (ii) higher …

relationship between women's employment status and their well-being as measured by freedom from marital violence yields an … and their ownership of property, respectively, on spousal violence. Unlike the existing literature, we treat women's work … status and violence as simultaneously determined and find that women's engagement in paid work and ownership of property, are …

assess the benefits of marriage and consequences of other family structures. The study begins by describing theoretical … models of the determinants of different well-being outcomes and the role of family structure in producing those outcomes. It … also discusses models of the determinants of marriage. The study then overviews specific statistical techniques that have …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In cities singles can meet more potential partners … marriage market benefits disappear while the housing premium remains. We extend the model of Burdett and Coles (1997) with a …

This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … marriage is remarkable. It may be as large as the benefit from giving up smoking. …