marriage and women’s relative bargaining position within the household. Since in developing countries marriage is essentially …As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination in all dimensions of their lives, women lack … universal and generally arranged by the parents, women have little say in the choice of their partner and largely depend on …

quantity-quality preferences of spouses differ substantially. In this case targeted policies to empower women have the …

This study shows that entering into a cohabiting partnership leads to long lasting earnings losses for women, even … after accounting for the impact of child penalties. While 2 ⁄3 of the total effect of cohabitation is due to partnered women … having higher fertility than unpartnered women, an income penalty of 5% is directly due to cohabitation, and not due to …