We first document three stylized facts about marriage and fertility in East Asian societies: They have the highest … marriage rates in the world, but the lowest total fertility; they have the lowest total fertility, but almost all married women … sufficiently boost fertility for highly educated women. On the other hand, the social stigma has negligible effects on marriage and …

This paper examines the role of education and family background on age at marriage, age at first birth, and age at … schooling. We find that each additional year of schooling of a woman with average characteristics delays marriage and the age at … first birth by 0.5 and 0.4 years, respectively. Parents' education also reduces the hazard of marriage and age of first …

This paper examines the role of education and family background on age at marriage, age at first birth, and age at … schooling. We find that each additional year of schooling of a woman with average characteristics delays marriage and the age at … first birth by 0.5 and 0.4 years, respectively. Parents' education also reduces the hazard of marriage and age of first …

time of marriage continue to remain in a strong position post marriage as seen by their decision to use the contraceptive … total household marriage payment, increases from 0.1 to 0.3 the predicted probability of the mother using the contraceptive … pill increases by 8 percentage points. -- marriage market ; marriage payments ; female bargaining power ; contraceptive use …

Previous studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young … hypothesis. This paper presents an alternative theory of abortion access and marriage based on asymmetric information, which … suggests that more liberal abortion laws may actually promote young marriage. An empirical examination of marriage data from …

This paper examines the effects of female education on marriage outcomes by exploiting the exogenous variation … their children have better health outcomes than those of less educated women. Overall, our results suggest that the marriage …

This study analyzes the effect of one-child policy on marriage market in China, and focuses on leftover situation …, marriage age, and the age differential between husband and wife. Taking age of 30 as a cut-off point, the one-child policy has … marriage age is positive and significant, no matter for urban, rural residents, or migrants, but the effect is smaller in the …

relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …

liberal areas were much less likely to experience a birth or marriage as a minor, invested more in education, and ended up in …

In 1957 the state of Mississippi amended its marriage law. Changes included raising the minimum age for men and women … Mississippi fell by more than 60 percent in 2 years. This paper examines the causal impact of the change in marriage law on … marriage rates, fertility and educational attainment of women who were affected by the change in law. After the passage of the …