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Akyol, Pelin; Mocan, Naci H. - 2022

At least one of every five marriages is consanguineous (between couples who are second cousins or closer) in the Middle East and North Africa, and the rate is higher than 50 percent in some parts of the world. Consanguineous marriage generates serious health problems for the offspring and...

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Schooling, Marriage and Age of First Birth in Madagascar

Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015

– both own education and that of parents – in delaying marriage and fertility of young women …

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Impact of tuition-free education policy on child marriage and early childbearing : does secondary matter more?

Bhuwania, Pragya; Huh, Kate; Heymann, Jody - In: Population and development review 49 (2023) 1, pp. 43-70

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Women's education, marriage, and fertility outcomes : evidence from Thailand's compulsory schooling law

Chaijaroen, Pasita; Panda, Pallavi - 2023

of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data … their fertility to after-school years. We also document heterogeneity and show that the fertility effects are stronger for …

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Education, gender, and family formation

Virtanen, Hanna; Silliman, Mikko; Kuuppelomäki, Tiina; … - 2024

In response to the wide-ranging consequences of falling fertility rates, governments across high-income countries are … attractive as potential partners. The positive effects on female fertility may be attributed to education improving the …

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Changes in assortative matching and educational inequality : evidence from marriage and birth records in Mexico

Hoehn-Velasco, Lauren; Penglase, Jacob - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 89 (2023) 4, pp. 587-607

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Human capital investments and family size in Italy : iv estimates using twin births as an instrument

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 24 (2024) 2, pp. 425-461

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Schooling, Marriage and Age of First Birth in Madagascar

Glick, Peter - 2015

– both own education and that of parents – in delaying marriage and fertility of young women …

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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments

Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female … fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

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Diverging stories of “missing women” in South Asia : is son preference weakening in Bangladesh?

Kabeer, Naila; Huq, Lopita; Mahmud, Simeen - In: Feminist economics 20 (2014) 4, pp. 138-163

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