Study, this study investigates whether marriage after childbirth has a causal effect on early child cognitive ability, using … a treatment outcome approach to account for the selection into marriage. Comparing children with similar background … least squares models indicates that the marriage effect is greater for children whose parents transition into marriage …

Study, this study investigates whether marriage after childbirth has a causal effect on early child cognitive ability, using … a treatment outcome approach to account for the selection into marriage. Comparing children with similar background … least squares models indicates that the marriage effect is greater for children whose parents transition into marriage …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Study and a potential outcome approach to account for self-selection into marriage, we investigate whether marriage after … marriage after childbirth significantly increases a child’s early cognitive performance but there is no evidence that it …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …

Easier divorce has two effects on marriage rates and fertility. It dilutes the value of marriage, therefore reducing … marriage rates and marital fertility and potentially increasing out of wedlock fertility. But easier divorce reduces also the … commitment cost of marriage leading women to "try" marriage especially when in child bearing age or even already pregnant. We …

We first document three stylized facts about marriage and fertility in East Asian societies: They have the highest … marriage rates in the world, but the lowest total fertility; they have the lowest total fertility, but almost all married women … sufficiently boost fertility for highly educated women. On the other hand, the social stigma has negligible effects on marriage and …