We investigate how changes in the sex ratio induced by World War II affected the bargaining patterns of Italian men in … the marriage market after the war. Marriage data from the first wave of the Italian Household Longitudinal Survey (1997 … that men in postwar marriages were better off in terms of their spouse's education, this gain amounting to about half a …

We investigate how changes in the sex ratio induced by World War II affected the bargaining patterns of Italian men in … the marriage market after the war. Marriage data from the first wave of the Italian Household Longitudinal Survey (1997 … that men in post-war marriages were better off in terms of their spouse’s education, this gain amounting to about half a …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …

-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …

relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. … and its heterogeneous effects on the labor market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus … participation declined, reducing the relative economic stature of men. Regions affected by intense robot penetration experienced …

bargaining power within marriage for women most affected by war deaths. The impact of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family …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 …

the marital stability of natives. We take Italy as a case-study and we offer discrete-time event history models predicting … marital disruption on data from the nationally – representative 2009 Family and Social Subjects survey. We found that the … separation risks among natives, especially for couples with lower human capital. Our findings add to our understanding of family …

causes are proximate in nature, reflecting behavioral responses to the dramatically changed marriage market conditions for … women and men that were induced by war-related declines in adult sex ratios. Based on county-level census data for the … changes in adult and off spring sex ratios. Our results suggest that war-induced shortfalls of men significantly increased the …

that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected … industries, working in the family firm or farm. …