.e. prior to age 18) among young women in Africa and India. We show that rainfall shocks, a major source of income variation in … Africa, droughts increase the hazard into early marriage, while in India, droughts decrease the hazard. We argue that the … payments in each region (bride price in Africa and dowry in India). Our results highlight the importance of understanding the …

sub-Saharan Africa to show that more liberal abortion policies are associated with a higher female secondary school … ; abortion ; fertility ; human capital ; economic growth …

and around the time that temporary disability insurance benefits are exhausted for women - is consistent with causal … effects of CA-PFL. Rights to paid leave are also associated with higher work and employment probabilities for mothers nine to …

The rise in the average age of women bearing their first child is a well-established demographic trend in recent … whole. Research has focused on the effect postponing fertility has on the labor market outcomes for mothers and on the total … force participation and wages but may have negative effects on overall fertility, especially in the absence of supportive …

quarters of birth and socioeconomic attributes. Using the American Community Survey data 2010-2012, I show that white women … birth quarter are less likely to be married rather than cohabiting but more likely to be cohabiting than single. White women … from the third birth quarter and black women from the second are more likely to be divorced, always controlling for …

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate … results suggest that child benefits of this kind may successfully increase fertility, as well as affecting family well …

total fertility rate and its potential determinants, across 17 high-income economies, where the ‘fertility rebound … fertility rate in selected 17 high-income economies. Second, it examines which factors hypothetically determine the fertility …