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Union formation, marriage and first birth : convergence across cohorts in Austria, Hungary, Northern Italy and Slovenia?
Mamolo, Marija (contributor) - 2006
The interplay between changes of different demographic determinants may trigger or prevent convergence of various dimensions of demographic behaviour both within and between countries of western and Eastern Europe. We investigate whether convergence or divergence dynamics prevail across cohorts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003391541
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Should divorce be easier or harder? : the evidence, though weak, favors legal, easy, unilateral divorce
González, Libertad - 2014
beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422608
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Marriage and subjective well-being in Ghana
Addai, Isaac; Opoku-Agyeman, Chris; Amanfu, Sarah K. - In: African review of economics & finance : AREF : (a … 7 (2015) 1, pp. 53-79
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374629
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Still waiting for Mister Right? : asymmetric information, abortion laws and the timing of marriage
Bowmaker, Simon W.; Emerson, Patrick M. - In: Applied economics 45 (2013) 22/24, pp. 3151-3169
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345001
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Schooling, marriage and age of first birth in Madagascar
Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472518
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The effects of recessions on family formation : fertility and marriage rates are pro-cyclical in many countries, but the longer-term consequences are inconclusive
Kondo, Ayako - 2016
Low fertility rates are a cause of social concern in many developed countries, with growing youth unemployment often being considered a primary cause. However, economic theory is not conclusive about whether deterioration in youth employment prospects actually discourages family formation or for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449533
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For better or for worse? : state-level marital formation and risk sharing
Chami, Ralph; Hess, Gregory D. - 2002
marriage as well as for a precautionary savings motive. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409730
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Long-term consequences of birth in an "unlucky" year : evidence from Japanese women born 1966
Shimizutani, Satoshi; Yamada, Hiroyuki - In: Applied economics letters 21 (2014) 16/18, pp. 1174-1178
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Season of birth and marital outcomes
Oreffice, Sonia - 2014
This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387916
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Gender norm conflict and marital outcomes
Antman, Francisca M.; Kalsi, Priti; Lee, Soohyung - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 87 (2021) 4, pp. 537-560
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