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 …

for other Western countries. Using 1995-2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with … Survey Marriage and Fertility Supplements. …

their young children longer, the conflict between women’s dual roles as full-time worker and full-time mother is reduced …, which may reduce conflicts within the marriage …

We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin … recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women …. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage, and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimates the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age, and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling results in a delay of marriage by 1.6 years. Marrying one …

Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce … children conceived during first marriage. Our results indicate that the presence of children significantly reduces the … conclude that children conceived before first marriage increase the risk of marital disruption. Finally, the higher the parents …