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

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 …

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

Asymmetric information in the marriage market may cause adverse selection and delay marriage if partner quality is … that removing the asymmetric information about sexual safety accelerates marriage and pregnancy for safe respondents, and … and accelerated marriage and pregnancy, increasing the probabilities of marriage and pregnancy by 26 and 27 percent for …

-reported empowerment and reduced experiences of domestic and intimate partner violence, it also led to higher rates of early marriage and … in the marriage market. These findings suggest that girls may have exercised greater agency by making strategic decisions … about marriage and childbearing. Our results underscore the complex interplay between empowerment, economic mobility, 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 …

This paper investigates the impact of income shocks and bride price on early marriage in Turkey. The practice of bride … first, the civil ceremony is delayed by 2 months on average. Our results suggest that girl marriage still participates to …

had little effect on the probabilities of entering into marriage and parenthood at a young age. In contrast, both the … marriage and motherhood …

during this period increased the share of single low-educated people and decreased their marriage rates. There is little … in marriage formation …