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 …

-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property … rights after separation. We use this improvement in women's bargaining power in marriage for a regression discontinuity …This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex …

This chapter surveys the voluminous literature on household formation and marriage markets in developing countries. We … these factors are particularly important in poor countries, especially in a rural setting. We then focus on marriage, which … polygyny, we introduce bargaining and strategic bequest and discuss their implication for the equilibrium of the marriage …

improved understanding of the relationship between family structure and economic preparation for retirement at earlier stages … number of children and marital status were associated with women's household retirement savings at young and mid … retirement account wealth. Results from regression analyses revealed variation in women's household financial preparation for …

a parent harms women during the recruitment process. We find that getting married decreases the probability to receive a … call back for women by 3 percentage points on average. This represents a decrease in callback rates for women by 30%. On … effect on married women is driven by the discrimination against married women with no children and married women with one …

women pradhans, I estimate the effect of the Panchayati Raj institutions on age and autonomy over marriage. Results indicate … that women in local government decrease the likelihood of child marriage, and increase the age at first marriage and gauna … the implementation of reserved seats for women in local government. …