How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by …, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower rates of marriage and fertility, higher nonmarital births and reduced … bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …

children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship … between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden … women since there are other institutions in place aiming at facilitating the combination of work and family. Using Swedish …

We document the effect of unemployment insurance generosity on divorce and fertility using an identification strategy … women's layoffs; reductions in fertility associated with men's layoffs; and increases in fertility associated with women …

The "Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)" is an important data source for studying the dynamics of families and family … the sample. Up to now, very little was known about the fertility behaviour of academic women in Austria, but also in other … modern societies. The current sample - although very selective - will allow new insights in the fertility behaviour and in …