) exposure to the risk of pregnancy, (ii) the ability to conceive and (iii) successful gestation. This paper is concerned with … marriage behavior in determining fertility levels. Coale's parameters of the age pattern of first marriage ao, k and C are … first marriage, marital disruption and remarriage on fertility. Techniques for obtaining detailed information on the process …

I develop an equilibrium, a two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth, to study the … interaction between fertility, the age structure of the population and the age of men and women at first marriage. Within a simple … two-period overlapping generation model, I show that given an increase of the desired number of children age at marriage …

. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …

Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply …

franchise contract synergistically reinforce these conditions. This paper tests that theory by evaluating balance of power and … Australia is an express factor in determining unconscionability in contract formation and performance. Certainty is essential to … to in making the contract. Discretion, if it is too wide, may no longer represent the true intentions of the parties, but …

is a sense in which all promisors conditionally intend to perform.Building on Michael Bratman’s planning theory of …

state statutes that allowed mix approaches to contractual arrangements. A relational contract is advantageous because it … regional politics and avoid future disputes, municipality and county governments can choose a more legally binding contract by … using non-relational contract such as interlocal agreements, contracts or leases. Utilizing the data compiled by the Florida …

Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life …-Saharan pattern of marriage as “early and universal”. Early and virtually continuous marriage throughout a woman's reproductive years … is also maintained by several related marriage customs including polygyny, levirate marriage, and bride wealth or bride …

marriage since the 1970s. This dissertation examines the relationship between men’s socioeconomic characteristics and marriage … formation and the labor market causes of marriage declines since the 1970s. It is motivated by three aspects of labor market … of noncollege educated black men is partly responsible for their faster rate of marriage decrease. The effect of …