This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …

This paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of sociability on the age of marriage …. Theoretically, a more sociable individual has higher chances of finding a suitable partner for marriage early in life, and hence is … afford to be more selective in choosing a mate and therefore will tend to postpone marriage until the most suitable partner …

particular, an aversion to the wife earning more than the husband – impacts marriage formation, the wife's labor force … participation, the wife's income conditional on working, satisfaction with the marriage, divorce, and the division of home … that a couple is less willing to match if her income exceeds his. Within marriage markets, when a randomly chosen woman …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected. We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

We present a structural marriage market model where individuals differ in ethnicity and qualifications, and where …

This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German …. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for …

suitable alternatives, the taboo was no longer expedient, and was dropped. For the same reasons, marriage has become less …

We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using … marriage market, and affected marital outcomes of individuals whose qualification attainment were unaffected.We also decompose … the difference in marriage probabilities between unqualified individuals and those with basic qualifications into causal …

This paper develops a novel model of marital sorting on income potentials: In the marriage market, people are matching … on potential wage growth rates which differ across individuals. Gains from marriage arise from intra …-household specialization as couples make joint decisions on how much time to spend on home production and how much time on labour market work …