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 …, women’s occupational integration and changes in men’s career entry. I find that: (1) Erosion in the employment opportunities …

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 …

interaction between fertility, the age structure of the population and the age of men and women at first marriage. Within a simple … increase in men's age of marriage between 1985 and 2009, although the impact on women's age is small. …I develop an equilibrium, a two-sided search model of marriage with endogenous population growth, to study the …