assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (rather than live births), which tend to occur around the birth of … drawn from SHARE, we show that although marriage has a negative effect on women's employment (3.3%), its magnitude is much … marriage or pregnancy, is responsible for women exiting the labor force upon motherhood. …

the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and …

compare the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were required to leave employment on marriage because of the … Marriage Bar to the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were not required to do so. It is found that the … children of mothers affected by the Marriage Bar were about seven percentage points more likely to complete university …

that couples avoided divorce altogether rather than simply delaying it. While mothers extended their leave by several …