Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it … labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We …

Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it … labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We …

Bride price, which is payment from the groom and/or the groom's family to the bride's family at the time of marriage … for girls and women because it may: incentivize early marriage and lead to higher fertility; promote the view that … larger bride price payment is associated with earlier marriage or with higher fertility. We also find that larger bride price …

reduction but very few on causal effects on ages at marriage and first birth. And none of them considers the convergence effect … variation in time and region on schooling, ages at marriage and first birth outcomes with regression discontinuity and … schooling by at least 0.4 years, and delayed age at first marriage and age at first birth by at least 0.4 and 0.3 years …

This paper examines the effects of female education on marriage outcomes by exploiting the exogenous variation … their children have better health outcomes than those of less educated women. Overall, our results suggest that the marriage …

of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data … Muslim women. The policy leads to a consistent drop in the probability of marriage and cumulative births for Muslim women …

educational homogamy in the marriage market and cross-productivity effects in the household allow Filipino women to reap … schooling for women is approximately 20 percent in both labor and marriage markets. In comparison, men experience a 12 percent …. -- Returns to Education ; Gender ; Marriage ; Philippines …