This paper shows how parental preferences for sons versus daughters affect divorce, child custody, marriage, shotgun … marriage when the sex of the child is known before birth, and fertility stopping rules. We document that parents with girls are …

models and by calibrating them using data on males only. In this paper we ask whether ignoring gender and marriage in both …Wages, labor market participation, hours worked, and savings differ by gender and marital status. In addition, women …, and total earnings. For the most part, macroeconomists have been ignoring women and marriage in setting up structural …

Using the 1970, 1980 and 1990 Censuses, we investigate the impact of labor and marriage market conditions on the … incidence of marriage of young women (age 16-24). We employ a two-stage methodology. First, across individuals, marriage is … effects are regressed on MSA-level labor and marriage market conditions and welfare benefits using cross-section and fixed …

gender gap in labor supply. Gender differences in beliefs about this future gap are primarily explained by gender differences …

be sub-optimal. However, investing in joint assets, which the marriage contract specifies are to be divided in the case … and cohabitation more similar. Wealthy individuals can thus access a more advantageous marriage contract, which has … access to this "collateralized" version of the contract will lead to more household specialization, more public goods, and a …

East and North Africa, and the rate is higher than 50 percent in some parts of the world. Consanguineous marriage generates … on human capital. The prevalence of consanguineous marriage can shape various dimensions of the society ranging from … consanguineous marriage as an acceptable practice, and that the reform reduced women's propensity to marry a first cousin or a blood …