find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

marriage as well as for a precautionary savings motive. …

This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …