How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced … bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline … family life are stressed. …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a … shaping family life are stressed …

consequences of joint custody laws for families in such areas as family formation, labor force participation, suicide, domestic …

after China's 1980 one-child law. The results indicate that fertility in China declined by about 1.2-1.4 births per woman as … important in explaining the division of labor in the home, often given as a cause for the gender wage gap. Indeed, as fertility …

implications of these dynamics for fertility outcomes in SSA. …