In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …

development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …

positive (re)marriage incentive. There seems to be no adjustment in the parent's labor supply. To my knowledge, the present …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes … employment have long-lasting eects on life decisions, life satisfaction, and income due to their interaction with fertility …

marital patterns by education for men. -- marriage ; divorce ; fertility ; education …: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility,"NBER Chapters,in: Topics in Demography and the EconomyNational Bureau of Economic …This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and … women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college …

This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1980, 1990 and 2000 to estimate synthetic-cohort life cycle effects of fertility …. For single women, the causal effect of fertility has declined significantly over time. Couples, however, have become more …

Though the negative correlation between fertility and development has been long acknowledged, it is challenging to … estimate the causal effect of female labor force participation (FLFP) on fertility. We use a novel instrument for estimating … fertility. We find large effects on fertility and mothers’ age: increases in FLFP can explain at least 42% of the reduction in …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …