East and North Africa, and the rate is higher than 50 percent in some parts of the world. Consanguineous marriage generates … on human capital. The prevalence of consanguineous marriage and the resultant kinship networks can shape various … data from Turkey and leveraging an education reform which increased mandatory schooling by three years, we find that the …

This paper examines the determinants of the marriage timing decisions of young men and women in China. We pay … particular attention to distinguishing three explanations for marriage timing: the independence hypothesis, which emphasizes … the search costs hypothesis, which point to structural factors of marriage markets related to search costs. The data set …

This article analyzes the consequences of integration in public education. I show that the flight from the integrated … multicultural public schools to private education increases private educational expenditures and, as a result, decreases fertility … among more affluent parents whose children flee. In contrast, among less prosperous parents, integration in public education …

order has a significant and large effect on children?s education; children born later in the family obtain less education …

the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. …

the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. -- compulsory schooling reforms ; dynamic skill accumulation … ; comparative advantages ; returns to schooling ; education and growth ; dynamic discrete choice ; dynamic programming …

This article analyzes the consequences of integration in public education. I show that the flight from the integrated … multicultural public schools to private education increases private educational expenditures and, as a result, decreases fertility … among more affluent parents whose children flee. In contrast, among less prosperous parents, integration in public education …