-cycle model in which agents make consumption, saving, labor force participation (LFP), and marriage and divorce decisions subject … divorce regime had only a small effect on the LFP of married women in the 1940 cohort, these effects would be considerably …During the 1970s the US underwent an important change in its divorce laws, switching from mutual consent to a …

This paper addresses the question, “does market work improve women's household status in rural China?” using survey … data of men and women working in Township and Village Enterprises in rural Jiangsu and Shandong. This paper measures … women have lower household status than men, using these three indicators. Based upon regression results, this paper …

status of Ghanaian women. Based on 60 interviews, covers women workers, rural women, marriage, maternity and fertility trends …Working paper reporting on the impact of the education of women, migration and employment on social roles and social …, family and child-rearing roles, birth control, abortion and cultural factors. Bibliography and tables. …

influences on marriage, responsibilitys and decision making, woman worker employment, clan family structure and religious …ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey of the social role of women in Jordan - discusses islamic … practice, presents folklore interpretations of female social roles, and comments on women's legal status and legislation as …

This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … quarters of birth and socioeconomic attributes. Using the American Community Survey data 2010-2012, I show that white women … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …

potential selection effects into marriage. Accordingly, the estimated effect of unilateral divorce laws becomes much larger when …<Para ID="Par1">Previous research examining the impact of unilateral divorce law (UDL) on the prevalence of divorce has … we control for age at marriage, which is used as indicator for match quality. Moreover, we find that UDL particularly …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized … divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing …

of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different …Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing …

more aggregated state-level. Quantitatively, the impact of marriage on interstate risk sharing varies over divorce regimes. …In this paper we study the importance of marriage for interstate risk sharing. We find that US states in which married …

of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different …Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing …