fertility for individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds, particularly women. In the marriage market, the reform changed the … characteristics of women's partners without impacting marriage, cohabitation, or divorce rates. Specifically, women were more likely …This paper studies how the type of education pursued at an early age affects family formation. I focus on a French …

exogenous factors: family background, labor market and marriage market constraints. Changes in parental background are a key … are much more likely to graduate themselves. The marriage market also contributes: Women's chance of getting marriage …In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at the same rate, and this was true for Whites …

, they can affect parents' time allocation and family dynamics. This paper examines how extending the school day affects … families by focusing on marriage dissolution. We exploit the staggered adoption of a policy that extended the availability of … childcare is likely to be one of the mechanisms that relaxed restrictions to marriage dissolution. …

with sisters obtain lower education and give birth earlier than women with brothers. Our analysis shows that the family …We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …

with sisters obtain lower education and give birth earlier than women with brothers. Our analysis shows that the family …We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …