In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …

development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …

men's labour supply and earnings and decreases those of women's. The impact of the marriage-like regime is stronger …

Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force … legal protection to household producers at the margin between single status and marriage, we expect it to discourage labor …

positive (re)marriage incentive. There seems to be no adjustment in the parent's labor supply. To my knowledge, the present …

Does availability of common law marriage (CLM henceforth) in the U.S help explain variation in the labor force … legal protection to household producers at the margin between single status and marriage, we expect it to discourage labor …

This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1980, 1990 and 2000 to estimate synthetic-cohort life cycle effects of fertility …. For single women, the causal effect of fertility has declined significantly over time. Couples, however, have become more …

Though the negative correlation between fertility and development has been long acknowledged, it is challenging to … estimate the causal effect of female labor force participation (FLFP) on fertility. We use a novel instrument for estimating … fertility. We find large effects on fertility and mothers’ age: increases in FLFP can explain at least 42% of the reduction in …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …