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to custody. Subsequent marriage-neutral laws extended the rights to unmarried fathers. We develop a theoretical model of … the effect of custody regime on marriage and test the model's predictions using a unique data set that merges custody law … data with data from the Current Population Survey and Vital Statistics. We find that, under marriage non-neutrality, the …
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This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387916
-Saharan Africa and in India. In both regions, substantial monetary or in-kind transfers occur with marriage: bride price across Sub …We study how aggregate economic conditions affect the timing of marriage, and particularly child marriage, in Sub …-Saharan Africa and dowry in India. In a simple equilibrium model of the marriage market in which parents choose when their children …
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to custody. Subsequent marriage-neutral laws extended the rights to unmarried fathers. We develop a theoretical model of … the effect of custody regime on marriage and test the model's predictions using a unique data set that merges custody law … data with data from the Current Population Survey and Vital Statistics. We find that, under marriage non-neutrality, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043701
This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049742
One of the most marked demographic trends observed over the twentieth century is the increased rate of divorce. Relatively little research, however, has explored the effects of these changing marital patterns in the context of an aging society. Using a sample of elderly parents and their adult...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081209
This paper investigates the impact of income shocks and bride price on early marriage in Turkey. The practice of bride … first, the civil ceremony is delayed by 2 months on average. Our results suggest that girl marriage still participates to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083694
It is well known that children reared in non-intact families on average have less favorable educational outcomes than children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family is correlated with lower educational attainment....
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This paper investigates the impact of income shocks and bride price on early marriage in Turkey. The practice of bride … first, the civil ceremony is delayed by 2 months on average. Our results suggest that girl marriage still participates to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198798
This paper investigates the impact of income shocks and bride price on early marriage in Turkey. The practice of bride … first, the civil ceremony is delayed by 2 months on average. Our results suggest that girl marriage still participates to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013355397