Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it … labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We …

Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it … labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We …

We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We …-lasting positive effects on labor market and marriage outcomes, particularly for women. We give insights on internal migration as a … marriage. The paper highlights the importance of increasing access to higher education for positive social and labor outcomes …

Bride price, which is payment from the groom and/or the groom's family to the bride's family at the time of marriage … for girls and women because it may: incentivize early marriage and lead to higher fertility; promote the view that … larger bride price payment is associated with earlier marriage or with higher fertility. We also find that larger bride price …

reduction but very few on causal effects on ages at marriage and first birth. And none of them considers the convergence effect … variation in time and region on schooling, ages at marriage and first birth outcomes with regression discontinuity and … schooling by at least 0.4 years, and delayed age at first marriage and age at first birth by at least 0.4 and 0.3 years …

of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data … Muslim women. The policy leads to a consistent drop in the probability of marriage and cumulative births for Muslim women …