and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers …

A core mechanism of unified growth theory is that accelerating technological progress induces mass education and, in … technological progress on investments in education and a strongly negative one on fertility. Using two-stage regressions, we assess …

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 …

, individuals match assortatively on education and draw a match-specific shock component representing mutual affection. Divorces can …

in house prices at the regional level impact on the likelihood of divorce. We use information from 18 waves (1991 … tenure show a small positive significant increase in the likelihood of divorce for couples in mortgaged property and private … with mortgages may increase the pay-offs for divorce reducing the returns to remaining in the current partnership. For …