on men's and women's earnings. We extend earlier earnings research and investigate whether the effect of marriage is … techniques. We find no assoication between marriage and wages for women, but for men a large and significant premium exists with … men and women across the wage distribution. Although, importantly, we find that the returns to marriage tend to be smaller …

Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life …-Saharan pattern of marriage as “early and universal”. Early and virtually continuous marriage throughout a woman's reproductive years … is also maintained by several related marriage customs including polygyny, levirate marriage, and bride wealth or bride …

marriage behavior in determining fertility levels. Coale's parameters of the age pattern of first marriage ao, k and C are … first marriage, marital disruption and remarriage on fertility. Techniques for obtaining detailed information on the process … on fertility are discussed. …

marriage market becomes morepositively assorted, low educated men and women are less likely to marry each other.Our empirical … the century. We also show that the marriage market is tiltedtowards better-educated men and women over the period. These … more related tothe diminishing willingness to marry than a changing attitude toward fertility. In asetting where …

standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …

of personhood. Embryo adoption raises several questions surrounding the institution of marriage. Due to its untraditional … method of procreation, embryo adoption calls into question the role of procreation within marriage. In Chapter Two, I explore … the nature of the marriage relationship by offering Lisa Cahill’s definition of marriage which involves both a spiritual …

markets. Millet, sorghum, and later rice were the traditional leading three cereal crops produced and consumed in Mali. Maize … maize in Mali, the organization of the marketing channels and players, and the characteristics of the main consumption …

women’s cash income in many of Mali’s shea producing areas. Internationally, shea has recently become popular in high …

central and northern Mali. We apply a vector error - correctionmodel, and find evidence for the intensification of spatial co … in Mali. Last, the leadermarkets of this progression are identified as being the central urban markets. …