Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

time of marriage continue to remain in a strong position post marriage as seen by their decision to use the contraceptive … total household marriage payment, increases from 0.1 to 0.3 the predicted probability of the mother using the contraceptive … pill increases by 8 percentage points. -- marriage market ; marriage payments ; female bargaining power ; contraceptive use …

-specific breadwinning norms may be fading with time, economic realities and marriage market dynamics continue to be drivers of behavior and …

also an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline - albeit non-significant - in the number of marriages … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …

This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to … women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …

permanent migration, women stayed in school longer. Empirical evidence is consistent with this hypothesis. Marriage motives and …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes …