This paper shows that the rising male surplus has strengthened marriage distortions in China by causing an increase in … brideprice payments. The identification relies on comparison between siblings from the same natal family who are born in … power. This paper provides the first empirical evidence showing that demographic imbalance causes marriage distortion with …

-income countries, where this phenomenon is prevalent. Using panel data from India, this paper investigates the effect of early maternal …

related to the relative position of dependent family members in a clan; and (iii) gender inequality in general. Using data for …

role played by the family for individual wages. We present a simple model of dual-earner households facing a trade …

, and especially low skill female migrants. These low skilled women migrants often work in the domestic service sector, a … lead to an increase in the labor supply of high skill women living in urban areas. In our model we show how large inflows … of low skill women migrants decrease the relative price of domestic services. The largest beneficiaries of this trend are …

patriarchic as well as in modern societies? We experimentally assess men's and women's preferences to compete in a traditional … society where women and men have similar rights and entitlements alongside a patriarchic and a matrilineal society which have … inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …

benefits in Germany. We further investigate how the reform affects the selection of women into motherhood and how that …