chronological age and entry into marriage. Patterns of entry into marriage, broken down by sex, year of birth and level of schooling …, are usea to estimate year to year fluctuations in the available pool of marriage partners. Age-related variation in entry … into marriage is then considered in light of changes in the marriage pool as well as labor force integration - captured …

Pattems of entry into first marriage among recent birth cohorts (1952 - 1967) of young adults are examined based upon … timing oftheir entry into marriage. Labor force integration - concluding one's education and entering the labor force - is … interesting developments: the tendency for American men and women to enter marriage early, relative to their West German peers …

labor force on the rate of entry into marriage. The analysis is based on two data sets: the German Socio-economic Panel … presentation and cross-national comparison ofpatterns of labor force integration at the time of marriage are presented. A discrete … time approach to event history analysis is used to test the observed differences, especially the gender question. The …