This paper explores the role of the birth control pill on divorce. To identify its effect, we use a quasi experiment … US. Results suggest that banning the sales of oral contraceptive methods has a negative impact on divorce. These findings … the state level. Additional analysis, developed to examine whether the impact of subsequent divorce law reforms on divorce …

This paper studies match formation and dissolution in frictional marriage markets under labor market uncertainty. We … partners in the marriage market and switch between employment and unemployment in the labor market. In the marriage market …

We study the socio-economic determinants of child (girls below age of 19 years) marriage using a panel data of thirty … significant determinants of child marriage. Our results which control for province fixed effects (e.g. local cultural norms or … and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers …

This paper shows that the rising male surplus has strengthened marriage distortions in China by causing an increase in … power. This paper provides the first empirical evidence showing that demographic imbalance causes marriage distortion with …

in house prices at the regional level impact on the likelihood of divorce. We use information from 18 waves (1991 … the theoretical literature suggesting a positive shock will reduce the benefits of the current marriage and increase the … tenure show a small positive significant increase in the likelihood of divorce for couples in mortgaged property and private …