This paper estimates the impact of schooling on the timing of marriage and early fertility using the 2003 Turkish … schooling on marriage and early fertility persists beyond the completion of compulsory schooling for an important duration. In …

In this study we try to shed light on changed family structure through the act of divorce. Divorce reveals much about … the nature of family life, particularly the challenges and stresses families face. The increased rate of divorce seen over … the last decade is a sign of the stress families are experiencing. Liberalisation of divorce laws (i.e. enactment of no …

This paper explores the causal relationship between female education and teenage fertility by exploiting a change in …, the results indicate that primary school completion reduces teenage fertility by 0.37 births and the incidence of teenage … fertility more in provinces with lower population density and higher agricultural activity. Finally, the CSL postpones …

The paper attempts to identify the link between children's employment and that of their mothers in Turkey's labor …'s employment to be endogenous to the employment decision of children. Indeed, the study establishes that mother's employment … decision and that of children cannot be thought independently of each other. The unobservables that increase the likelihood of …