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 …

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 …

Previous studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young … hypothesis. This paper presents an alternative theory of abortion access and marriage based on asymmetric information, which … suggests that more liberal abortion laws may actually promote young marriage. An empirical examination of marriage data from …

This paper examines the effects of female education on marriage outcomes by exploiting the exogenous variation … their children have better health outcomes than those of less educated women. Overall, our results suggest that the marriage …

This study analyzes the effect of one-child policy on marriage market in China, and focuses on leftover situation …, marriage age, and the age differential between husband and wife. Taking age of 30 as a cut-off point, the one-child policy has … marriage age is positive and significant, no matter for urban, rural residents, or migrants, but the effect is smaller in the …

relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …

liberal areas were much less likely to experience a birth or marriage as a minor, invested more in education, and ended up in …

In 1957 the state of Mississippi amended its marriage law. Changes included raising the minimum age for men and women … Mississippi fell by more than 60 percent in 2 years. This paper examines the causal impact of the change in marriage law on … marriage rates, fertility and educational attainment of women who were affected by the change in law. After the passage of the …

relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior …