In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … increase fertility but decrease employment, while a decrease in childcare costs for employed women would increase both … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes …

divorce legislation and prioritizing the safety of IPV survivors in family policy interventions. …

of men to women in marriage markets - on individual consumption of married men and women, and indicate some of the ways … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … and based on the section of Becker's Treatise on the Family dealing with "price" rigidities in marriage it is shown that …

of men to women in marriage markets – on individual consumption of married men and women, and indicate some of the ways … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … and based on the section of Becker's Treatise on the Family dealing with "price" rigidities in marriage it is shown that …

households. As women have entered the labor market in greater numbers and gender wage differentials have declined, female … differences in the ease of access to superior partnership alternatives for women who out-earn their partners. While gender … history, one norm widely adhered to in most developed nations has been for men to be the primary breadwinner within mixed-gender …

This essay is an updated, expanded and revised version of the second half of Divorce Rates, Marriage Rates, and the … declining marriage rates …

the "marriage squeeze," a population increase leads to an excess supply of brides since men marry younger women. As a … result, dowry payments rise in order to clear the marriage market. The explanation is essentially static; unmarried brides do … not re-enter the marriage market. This paper demonstrates that the marriage squeeze argument cannot explain dowry …

the poverty rate for other family types. This paper addresses the question of why, in general, female-headed families are … important determinants of poverty for all three family types: education of family members; age, race, disability, and … unemployment of the family head; geographical location, size and composition of the family. Both married-couple families and male …

cooperation. -- Gender ; cohabitation ; marriage ; divorce ; alimony ; matrimonial property ; fertility ; division of labour …We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the …