In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and …

the timing of marriage, must probably be understood as the principal origin of different patterns of fertility across … into motherhood and first marriage is based. Individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) are … merged with a rich set of district-level contextual data to estimate first birth and marriage probabilities of western German …

We estimate the effects of college education on female fertility - a so far understudied margin of education, which we … instrument by arguably exogenous variation induced through college expansions. While college education reduces the probability of … becoming a mother, college-educated mothers have slightly more children than mothers without a college education. Unfolding the …

the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to … greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labor market outcomes and lower fertility rates. In contrast …, workers in industries that benefited from increased exports had better employment prospects and higher fertility. These …

respect to education and church attendance. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that usually, positive assortative … education and religiousness. -- Divorce ; homogamy ; education …

. -- Assortative marriage ; Microcensus ; education ; log-linear models … marriage formation along educational lines. Our empirical analysis for Germany shows that educational assortative mating has …

respect to education and church attendance. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that usually, positive assortative … education and religiousness …

marriage formation along educational lines. Our empirical analysis for Germany shows that educational assortative mating has …

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

respect to education and church attendance. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that usually, positive assortative … education and religiousness. …