formation and potentially affecting marriage and fertility outcomes. I study the implications of the female advantage in … education on family formation through changes in the marriage market. My empirical strategy exploits the gradual implementation …-form relationship between marriage market exposure to the reform and marriage and fertility outcomes. The results show that in marriage …

educational homogamy in the marriage market and cross-productivity effects in the household allow Filipino women to reap … schooling for women is approximately 20 percent in both labor and marriage markets. In comparison, men experience a 12 percent …

Social insurance is often linked to marriage. I model how such linkage affects the marriage market, and exploit Sweden …. Entry into marriage reflects a demand for survivors insurance up to 50 years before expected payout, especially among … insurance is linked to marriage, marital behavior is an integral component of couples' strategies to plan for financial security …

This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …

reflects the outside option of the marriage, and captures earnings variation that is not endogenous to domestic violence. I …