Low fertility rates are a cause of social concern in many developed countries, with growing youth unemployment often … prospects actually discourages family formation or for how long the effect might persist. In addition, recessions can affect the … divorce rate. Therefore, understanding the relationship between labor market conditions and family formation can provide …

measures of the national unemployment rate for males, national recession indicators, and micro-level proxies for earning power …

-cyclical behaviour of marriage decisions, which holds after controlling for country-level specific characteristics and family law, and …This paper studies the effect of the business cycle on the marriage rate, using a panel data of 30 European countries … covering 1991 to 2013. We find a negative effect of the business cycle on the marriage rate, pointing to the pro …