This study comprehensively examines export tariff liberalization’s influence on women’s marital and fertility decisions in China, using accession to the WTO as a natural experiment. Our identification relies on the shift-share design that combines industry-level variation in export tariff...

Using a district-level panel constructed from five waves of decennial Indian censuses covering 1971-2011, we examine the medium-term (1991-2001) and long-term (1991-2011) impacts of the 1991 Indian trade liberalization on marriage and fertility rates among young women aged 15-34 years. We...