households. -- instrumental partner-violence ; non-cooperative family decision-making ; welfare policy …A large fraction of domestically abused women report that their partners interfere with their participation in … implications for welfare policy. This paper puts forward a theoretical framework that rationalizes why men may use violence …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …, compounded with isolation from extended family as well as a lack of social and market infrastructure, constrained female … opportunities outside the home. Frontier women were less likely to report "gainful employment," but among those who did, relatively …

to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more … greater equality is rooted in educational opportunities; and argues that both educational provision, and women's entry into … developing economies. -- elites ; higher education ; women ; development ; economic history ; families …

The age at which women enter first marriage is known to be a major factor in marital instability. But to date possible … differences by race/ethnicity in the shape of the curve relating women's age at entry into first marriage to marital instability … and non-marital fertility. For white women, but not for their black and Hispanic counterparts, delayed entry into marriage …

a hypothesis of "on-the-marriage" search. The results are most supportive of the search interpretation. No strong …

Although there is a growing number of studies on intimate partner violence ( IPV) in U. S. South Asian communities, the … examination of IPV among Nepali women in the United States is still in the initial stage. The purpose of this study was to assess … the prevalence of and vulnerabilities to IPV among 45 Nepali immigrant women residing in the New York metropolitan area …

across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … marriage rate of skilled women, and might also induce a non-monotonic relationship between their labor market prospects and … their marriage outcomes. The model delivers predictions about how the marriage gap for skilled women should react to changes …

In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marriage, we present … robust evidence that men and women who are married to differently-aged spouses are negatively selected. Earnings analysis of … with within-couple age difference, but this is due to the fact that women with differently-aged spouses work more hours not …

Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force …. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … quantitative contributions of the many significant changes in the economic environment, family structure, and social norms that …