- both own education and that of parents - in delaying marriage and fertility of young women. …Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among …

– both own education and that of parents – in delaying marriage and fertility of young women. …Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and …

new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … effects of the education policy on the time until marriage and first-birth persist beyond the completion of compulsory …-birth. Finally, we find that the education policy was more effective in reducing early marriage than a change in the Civil Code aimed …

new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … effects of the education policy on the time until marriage and first-birth persist beyond the completion of compulsory …-birth. Finally, we find that the education policy was more effective in reducing early marriage than a change in the Civil Code aimed …

The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i … 1945-60 and Cohort 1961-77 in order to capture social changes. The paper focuses on the timing of marriage and the birth of …

The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i … 1945-60 and Cohort 1961-77 in order to capture social changes. The paper focuses on the timing of marriage and the birth of …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … assignment of property rights over total goods and assets acquired within marriage, (iii) enforceability of bride-price contracts …, and (iv) length and effective enforcement of compulsory education. The predictions are consistent with two empirical …

.5 years. Parental education and wealth also have important effects on schooling, marriage, and childbearing ages. For example …We jointly model the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age, and age of first birth among females in … Madagascar, explicitly accounting for the endogeneities that arise from modeling these related outcomes simultaneously. An …