-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner … that institutional factors significantly impact economic performance by affecting marriage, family size, and the …

-dimensional genome that determines their cognitive and physical characteristics. Young adults optimally search for a marriage partner … that institutional factors significantly impact economic performance by affecting marriage, family size, and the …

For several centuries, women's age at first marriage in Western Europe was higher than in the east (and in the rest of … exercise of fertility restraint through higher marriage age, with greater human capital accumulation. The first explanation is …

At the individual level, we test the adjustment of the female age at marriage (FAM) to the economic conditions that the … supporters of the “European Marriage Pattern” assume. For a typical French village, we collect exhaustive data on families and … marriage contracts as well as accurate measurements of economic conditions. After control for wealth, stem household and social …

This paper scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. A … the EMP and its sources must therefore be sought in other factors. -- European Marriage Pattern ; nuptiality ; household …

This paper scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. A …

unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this … Black Death did not have to remain unmarried, so improved pastoral opportunities did not necessitate later marriage. There … is no consensus that late female marriage emerged after the Black Death. Furthermore, the relationship between …

The European Marriage Pattern (EMP), in place in NW Europe for perhaps 500 years, substantially limited fertility. But …